New Delhi: In India alone 74,000 women die every year from cervical cancer and two hundred new cases are reported every day. A vaccine called Gardasil, approved two years ago by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in girls from the age of nine up to 26 has just arrived in India. Gynaecological Oncologist, Dr Suresh Kumarasamy says, "It's a vaccine that prevents the infection that causes the cervical cancer."
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