HPV Testing Does Not Help Identify Cancer Risk

by Heidi Stevenson

20 March 2010

In what should be a blow for Gardasil and Cervarix, a study has found that screening for human papilloma virus (HPV) does not predict which women are at risk for cervical cancer. The entire concept behind the falsely named cancer jab is that HPV causes cervical cancer, though that has never been shown. Now, there's evidence that the assumed connection simply does not exist.

The study, named TOMBOLA (Trial of Management of Borderline and Other Low-Grade Abnormal Smears) was led by Dr. Maggie Cruickshank of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen. The study examined 4,439 women. Each of these women had cervical smears that were defined as borderline or mild. They were further tested for HPV infection. 1,755 (43.5%) of them tested positive. A full 70% (1,234) of them did not develop precancerous disease.

Dr. Cruickshank stated:

It has been suggested that testing for HPV as part of the cervical screening programme could be a useful tool to help doctors pinpoint which women are at risk of cancer. But TOMBOLA trial results show the risk of being diagnosed with cancer is much more of a lottery. Of the women who actually needed treatment for precancerous disease over the course of the study, 91 out of 393 (23%) had a negative HPV test at the start of the trial. For younger women HPV testing after a low grade smear could lead to unnecessary investigations and intervention.

She also said:

This new additional test may not add any value.

Our study is showing that HPV is such a common infection in younger women that testing for it doesn't help decide which is the best action to take.

It has never been shown that HPV causes cancer of any sort. All that's known is that there's a relationship, not a cause and effect. The fact is that most HPV infections, including ones known to be associated with cervical cancer, are naturally healed in a healthy woman within a couple of years. As Dr. Cruickshank's observation above indicates, the infection is so common that it would be difficult not to find a relationship between HPV and cervical cancer.

I'll bet you could find a relationship between HPV and pneumonia, if you wanted to find one, or nearly any disease you can name.

The HPV-cancer connection has been claimed for one reason alone: to sell an exceptionally expensive vaccine to women and girls. To that end, an atmosphere of fear was created, implying that any parent who didn't have a daughter vaccinated was derelict and that girls need to fear this terrible disease. While the disease certainly is terrible, the fact is that, with modern screening, it's one of the most curable kinds—and most cases are probably healed by the body without ever developing into full-blown cancer.

That is another point that the TOMBOLA study has, indirectly, pointed out. Of the 4,439 women who had smears that showed borderline to mild dysplasia or hyperplasia, only 526 (about 12%) went on to develop precancerous lesions. What happened to the rest of the women who were diagnosed with abnormal smears? Their bodies probably healed themselves—which shouldn't surprise us. The body is, after all, a self-healing instrument.

393 women required treatment. Of them, 91 tested negative for HPV. Even if the test had proven helpful for women with HPV infections, it would have missed all those with cancer who didn't have an infection.

With information like this, how can anyone possibly justify the HPV vaccine? It has not been shown to prevent cancer—that has never been anything but a presumption invented to sell Gardasil and Cervarix. Now, we can see that there's no causal connection between HPV and cervical cancer. The girls who have died or been debilitated have suffered for one reason only: the greed of vaccine manufacturers. There is no justification for a vaccine that offers no benefits of any significance, and does not even attack the cause of the cancer it claims to prevent.

How many more of our children must die and be maimed before this madness ends?

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