Cervical Cancer Prevention: Looking toward the Future

Dear Colleagues,

Cervical cancer incidence and mortality among young women have been increasing worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in low and middle-income countries. A recent strategy launched by the WHO projected a timeframe suggesting that cervical cancer could be globally eliminated in the world y 2120. However, there is still a certain discrepancy in the coverage of cervical cancer screening, HPV vaccination, and the management of the detected disease among several countries. Cervical cancer screening consists of cervical cytology test and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing. HPV screening sensitivity was uniformly higher than cytology for all ages, and therefore, recently, the use of HPV testing as the sole primary screening test has been well accepted worldwide. In addition, HPV vaccine coverage is inequitably distributed across geography and income. The new evidence should be updated to improve coverage. In this Special Issue, we aim to discuss cervical cancer prevention, which is essential to inform the precise planning of cervical cancer control and to overview the impact of control measures for cervical cancer prevention.

Dr. Kazunori Nagasaka
Dr. Tetsuji Kurokawa
Guest Editors

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