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Douglas Lowy & John Schiller<\/strong><\/h1>\n

2026<\/strong> Pezcoller-AACR Award<\/strong>\u00a0Winners<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Lowy and Schiller were recognised for developing the vaccine against HPV <\/strong>(human papillomavirus), the first vaccine specifically targeted at cancer.
<\/strong>This discovery has led to a dramatic reduction in cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers<\/strong>, particularly in the oral cavity.<\/h3>\n

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The HPV vaccine is the first vaccine developed specifically for cancer prevention<\/strong>. Infection by certain HPV types, especially HPV16 and HPV18, causes nearly all cervical cancers, the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. HPV16 also causes most anal cancers<\/strong> and more than half of all vulvar, vaginal, penile, and oropharyngeal cancers<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

HPV-induced cancers account for approximately 690,000 cancer diagnoses each year.\u00a0 Of these diagnoses, the majority are for cervical cancer, which leads to an estimated 350,000 deaths worldwide annually<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaccination has dramatically reduced cervical cancer incidence in younger women in countries with high HPV vaccine uptake since its introduction 20 years ago, and it is estimated that 1 million future HPV-induced cancers have already been prevented by the current vaccination programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

If further implemented globally, Lowy and Schiller\u2019s vaccine, which protects against the most common cancer-causing HPV types, could prevent nearly all cases of cervical cancer and other HPV-induced cancers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lowy and Schiller, together with their NCI and Costa Rican collaborators, were instrumental in the World Health Organization\u2019s recent recommendation<\/strong> of single-dose vaccination programs, which is expected to further promote global uptake of the vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Douglas Lowy e John Shiller, winners of the 2026 Pezcoller-AACR International Award<\/p>\n

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The winners were announced on April 19 2026<\/strong>, at the AACR Annual Meeting in San Diego (USA).<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch here<\/strong><\/a> the traditional <\/span>Award Ceremony<\/strong><\/a> hold on Saturday, 9 May 2026 at the Teatro Sociale in Trento.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who is DOUGLAS LOWY?<\/strong><\/h3>\n