Study indicates zero cervical cancer deaths in vaccinated young women in England

A study conducted by Queen Mary University of London and published in The Lancet indicates that deaths from cervical cancer have effectively ceased among vaccinated young women in England. Researchers analyzed data between 2020 and 2024 and found zero recorded deaths from the disease in women aged 20 to 24. They estimate that approximately 23 deaths would have occurred in this age group without the national vaccination program, which began offering HPV vaccines to school-age girls in 2008. The study, led by Professor Peter Sasieni, suggests that girls vaccinated at age 12 or 13 face a near-zero risk of dying from this cancer before age 30. Scientists estimate that the vaccination program has saved approximately 200 lives in England to date. Despite these results, cervical cancer remains the 14th most common cancer for women in the UK, with roughly 3,300 new diagnoses annually.