Third of people have 'no awareness' vaccines may prevent certain cancers  

Irish Cancer Society chief executive Averil Power said about 400 people in Ireland are diagnosed with HPV-related cancers annually.

More than one in three people are unaware there are vaccines to help prevent certain types of cancer, a survey on vaccine awareness in Ireland has found.

The survey also found only three in 10 people understand HPV, a virus which is the leading cause of cervical cancer and for which there is a vaccine.