‘The HPV vaccine saves lives. It could have saved mine’

‘There is a vaccine there that saves lives — please think about it,” urges Laura Brennan, 25, whose terminal cervical cancer diagnosis means her only option now is palliative chemotherapy.

The Clare woman is fronting the HSE’s latest HPV vaccination campaign. She contacted the health authority after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer.

“I am only 25 but there is no treatment that will cure my cancer, only treatment that will now prolong my life,” she said.