Survivors welcome progress towards eliminating cervical cancer in Australia

The success of a vaccination program and cervical screening tests has put Australia on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer in 20 years.

Cervical cancer survivors have praised researchers for putting Australia on track to become the world's first country to eliminate the devastating disease. 

Research released by the Cancer Council on Wednesday shows cervical cancer is on track to be a rare disease by 2022, with rates set to fall to four in 100,000 by 2035.

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