Experts criticise cervical cancer plan

Government plans to vaccinate all 12-year-old girls against cervical cancer from next year are a waste of time according to doctors and cancer experts, news agency ANP says.


In an article in a Dutch medical journal, they argue that the vaccine has only been tested on 15 to 26-year-olds and could have a different effect on younger girls.

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