Cervical cancer in Australia is set to become increasingly rare and could be eliminated within 20 years for the first time in the world. News Corp reports the cancer rates are expected to halve to less than one in 25,000 women by 2034. Lead researcher Professor Karen Canfell has credited the elimination of the tumour to the invention of a vaccine that protects against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, co-invented by Queensland Professor Ian Frazer.
