The looming health hazard: A wave of HPV-related cancers in Japan is becoming a reality due to the continued suspension of the governmental recommendation of HPV vaccine

• Asami Yagi,
• Yutaka Ueda,
• Sayaka Ikeda,
• Etsuko Miyagi,
• Masayuki Sekine,
• Takayuki Enomoto,
• Tadashi Kimura

Affiliations

Asami Yagi

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

Yutaka Ueda

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan; Correspondence author: Dr. Yutaka Ueda, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, Tel.: 81-66879-3351.

Sayaka Ikeda

Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

Etsuko Miyagi

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Masayuki Sekine

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Takayuki Enomoto

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Tadashi Kimura

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan