Prof. K.R. Sethuraman, Vice Chancellor, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, has called upon medical professional bodies to lobby for cheaper and affordable vaccines to check relatively preventable infections like the Human Papilloma Virus, which is one of the leading causes of cervical cancer. Speaking after releasing a souvenir at a one day CME on ??ervical Carcinoma ??An Update??hosted by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry, in association with the Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of Puducherry, Prof. Sethuraman pointed out that currently the HPV vaccine is administered to teenage girls and younger women in several countries, and seemed to be a promising method of cancer prevention. Read More at www.m.thehindu.com