Is cervical cancer a venereal disease?
I think it is fair to consider cervical cancer as a venereal disease. About 99% of it is due to HPV which is sexually transmitted. Currently up to 70% of all adults do become HPV positive, though only a tiny percentage develop cancer. As vaccination progressively becomes more widespread this should fall. This a fairly robust argument for immunising both sexes, it is reminiscent of Rubella vaccine which was initially only given to women to prevent infection during pregnancy and subsequent damage to the foetus. It is now of course given to both sexes as infants, in the MMR, to reduce the pool of infection in the whole community.
