Editing Cancer (section)

=== Vaccination ===
[[Vaccine]]s have been developed that prevent infection by some [[carcinogen]]ic viruses.<ref name=vacc_facts_nci>{{cite web |url=https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/vaccines-fact-sheet |title=Cancer Vaccine Fact Sheet |publisher=[[National Cancer Institute|NCI]] |date=8 June 2006 |access-date=28 March 2018 }}</ref> [[HPV vaccine|Human papillomavirus vaccine]] ([[Gardasil]] and [[Cervarix]]) decrease the risk of developing [[cervical cancer]].<ref name=vacc_facts_nci/> The [[hepatitis B vaccine]] prevents infection with hepatitis B virus and thus decreases the risk of liver cancer.<ref name=vacc_facts_nci/> The administration of human papillomavirus and hepatitis B vaccinations is recommended where resources allow.<ref name="pmid24176569">{{cite journal |author4-link=Ding-Shinn Chen |vauthors=Lertkhachonsuk AA, Yip CH, Khuhaprema T, Chen DS, Plummer M, Jee SH, Toi M, Wilailak S |title=Cancer prevention in Asia: resource-stratified guidelines from the Asian Oncology Summit 2013 |journal=The Lancet. Oncology |volume=14 |issue=12 |pages=e497–507 |date=November 2013 |pmid=24176569 |doi=10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70350-4|arxiv=cond-mat/0606434 }}</ref>