EP243: Gamechanger in cervical cancer elimination | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT

The Star
The Star
  • yesterday
Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, enlightens on how vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) for both genders can become a gamechanger.

WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Transcript
00:00HPV is also called human papillomavirus.
00:03The first thing you think about HPV, you think about cervical cancer.
00:08It's true there is a link between HPV infection and eventually might change form to become
00:13cervical cancer.
00:21The person who worked out that link is Professor Hao Sen, who initially suggested this infection
00:28can cause cancer and everybody laughed at him.
00:31By 2008, this is well recognized and he received a Nobel Prize.
00:37So what exactly happens?
00:40During the infections of HPV in the cervix, majority of women can probably clear this
00:45infection but some minority, the infection itself will change form and eventually lead
00:52to cervical cancer.
00:54Think about these statistics, more than 500,000 women are newly diagnosed with cervical cancer
01:01every year and out of that, 85% are in developing world.
01:07So in fact, there is a beacon of hope that cervical cancer can be eradicated if the women
01:14are protected by HPV vaccine.
01:19But if boys and girls are both protected by cervical cancer vaccine, then this can
01:26eliminate completely.
01:29Actually there is a scientific model that show that if a vaccine coverage is about 40%,
01:37girls protection is about 70% and that will create a herd immunity of about 50% in boys.
01:44But if the coverage only for girls is achieving about 80%, then protection for girls is about
01:5293% but for boys it's only about 70%.
01:57But think about this, if the coverage is 80% for both boys and girls, then you reach a
02:05100% protection against cervical cancer in girls and you also have protection against
02:14HPV induced cancer in boys.
02:19So therefore, we know HPV can cause cancer.
02:23We also know that HPV is a form of sexually transmitted infection.
02:28We also know that gender neutral vaccination, meaning both boys and girls are vaccinated,
02:36this disease can potentially be eliminated within two decades.
02:41For next week, we're going to focus on another havoc that HPV cause.
02:45In fact, you won't believe it, HPV can also cause oropharyngeal cancer.
02:51Stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.
02:58For more information visit www.FEMA.gov

Recommended

6:40
I
Up next
Questions by govt MPs to be given priority during oral Q&A in Parliament, says Speaker
The Star
0:51
Pasar Besar Kuala Krai ravaged in fire
The Star
3:57
Speaker reminds MPs Parliament is no-smoking zone
The Star
1:41
I'm not in a rush to return to politics, says KJ
The Star
1:31
Israeli strike hits tents for displaced Gazans sheltering in hospital
The Star
1:29
Sze Fei-Izzuddin are Arctic Open champs
The Star
3:29
EP234: Sexual ambiguity a hereditary condition | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
2:57
Watch as storm-chaser captures first supercell of the autumn in northern Croatia
Newsflare
1:16
Cloud of thousands of bats fly out of cave in remote Cambodia
Newsflare
3:37
EP116: Cleaner cut to rid of infections | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:37
EP147: Clearing the cancer doubts before the snip | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:30
EP84: Anything wrong with the worms inside my pants? | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:55
Judicial independence must prevail, says Anwar
The Star
3:26
EP242: Regrets and lessons after genital warts | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
1:02
Traffic halts on Sri Lanka road as huge herd of elephants cross en masse
Newsflare
2:39
Floods: Evacuee numbers rise in Johor, Perak, and Kedah
The Star
3:55
EP172: Herniating weakness and unwelcoming scrotal lump | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:40
EP47: Ho-ho-ho, holding back the scrotal sac | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
0:40
Teens Need Only 2 Doses Of HPV Vaccine
HealthFeed
3:23
EP202: An answer to a thick question | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:59
EP235: A closer look at gender ambiguity | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
2:38
EP198: Life after radical radiotherapy to treat prostate cancer | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
4:53
EP95: How Lance Armstrong survived cancer in the balls | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:53
EP79: No cure for genital herpes but not all hopes lost | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star
3:03
EP240: Choosing between male and female sterilisation | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
The Star