Prophylactic HPV vaccination

Objective: To present a review on the contemporary degree of the development of prophylactic HPV vaccines.

Methods: Review article. Methods: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1st Medical Faculty and General Faculty Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Methods: Literature review.

Conclusions: The contemporary knowledge about relation of HPV infection and cervical cancer gives a theoretical presumption for the development of prophylactic HPV vaccines. Results of extended studies of quadrivalent and bivalent HPV vaccines justify to expect their soon introduction to clinical practice.