I have had surgery a few years ago to remove pre-cancerous cells from my cervix. I now have yearly checks to make sure they don't come back. My GP was pushing for me to have the vaccine however when I spoke to my specialist he advised me not to. He said the chance of me getting cervical cancer was so slight because I have regular checkups. He said the vaccine only targets a few strands of HPV and new strands are coming up all the time. I guess my point is, I think it's more important to make sure girls are having regular pap smears than a vaccine that won't protect them 100% anyway. It is a slow spreading cancer so if girls are having regular checkups, it will be caught before it gets to the cancer stage. JMO.