In 2017, the Centre for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Sweden (NKCx) reported an increase in the Swedish cervical cancer incidence from 9.7/100 000 in 2006–2009 to 11.5/100 000 in 2014–2015 with a p value of 0.03 (see the Swedish report’s Table 9 on PDF page 49 of 87).
In April 2018, the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME) published a comment entitled ‘Increased incidence of cervical cancer in Sweden: possible link with HPV vaccination’. In May 2018, the comment was retracted, because its author had used a pseudonym, which violated IJME’s policy.
In 2010, Sweden initiated its HPV vaccination programme…