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Recognized by Dr. Nugroho, vaccination is only to prevent HPV types 16 and 18 that the risk of causing cancer cervix. "This vaccine can not kill 30 up to 40 HPV, which attacks the reproductive organs of 120 species have been identified. However, there are also several types of HPV that took tercegah owing to vaccination," he said.

How can transmission of HPV through sexual intercourse and non-sexual. Point occur through sexual contact genitals, both through having sex or oral sex. The path of non-sex occurs through the clothing, gloves operations, and normal birth through the vagina. In this case, the virus moved from the vagina to the baby through the channel is a baby.

HPV infection, according to Dr. Nugroho, classified in sexual diseases (STIs). More than 75 percent of women who had intimate related HPV infected. This peak infection occurs between the ages of 18 to 22 years old. Infection is increased many-fold risk if often paired. "Remember also that men can also transmit HPV," a time.

Infection can also occur on yourself. When that happens, the virus HPV 80 percent will be cleared by the immune system. The rest likely to be settled infection in the body and cervix cancer risk.

Although already vaccinated, pap smear tests still recommended by Dr. Nugroho. "If you are married or do hubngan sex, do the pap smear regularly," he said. Pap smear is a procedure, the cells from the cervix to be examined by the microscope to detect the difference in the cervix.

Vaccination and pap smear along with educational problems Cervical cancer is the cancer prevention measures. "From the hospital, cervix cancer is the number one killer in Indonesia. From the data population, breast cancer is the number one in Indonesia," he said.

According to WHO, each year around the world 490 thousand women diagnosed suffering from cancer cervix. Most people with cancer in the developing countries. From the number 490 thousand, 240 thousand of them died.