It has only been recently that scientists discovered and identified HPV transmissionthrough oral sex as an etiology of throat cancer. It has only been recently that scientists discovered and identified HPV transmissionthrough oral sex as an etiology of throat cancer. For every four survivors of breast cancer, there are fewer than 3 women who survive cervical cancer, which shows how virulent cervical cancer is. For every four survivors of breast cancer, there are fewer than 3 women who survive cervical cancer, which shows how virulent cervical cancer is. A vaccine (Gardasil) that prevents cervical cancer, vulvar and vaginal cancer that was approved by the US-FDA in 2006 was found to be“effective 100%, in the short term, at blocking the cancer and lesions likely to turn to cancer” (like the pre-invasive lesions), according to Gardasilmanufacturer, Merck.