aacr.org· AACR·· 2026-04-20Score60
Pezcoller-AACR Award Recognized Discoverers of HPV Vaccine
In brief
Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller (NCI) received the 2026 Pezcoller-AACR International Award for co-developing the HPV vaccine. HPV causes about 690,000 cancer diagnoses a year; the WHO recently recommended single-dose vaccination.
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