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A vaccine that prevents several kinds of cancer — all traceable to two subtypes of the human papillomavirus (HPV) — is now available in the Philippines, doctors said yesterday. 


Dr. Efren Domingo, president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of the Philippines, said HPV subtypes 16 and 18 are responsible for 70 percent of cases of cervical cancer, the second most common cause of cancer death in women worldwide, as well as vulvar and vaginal cancers.
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