Pappillomavirus vaccine may prevent anal cancer
A VACCINE against the sexually transmitted disease HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women, has also been shown to prevent most anal pre-cancers in gay men, an international study says.
A VACCINE against the sexually transmitted disease HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women, has also been shown to prevent most anal pre-cancers in gay men, an international study says.
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TEENAGE boys might be vaccinated at school against human papillomavirus (HPV) from 2013. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has recommended the Gardasil vaccine be given to boys aged 12 to 13 in a school-based program.
Deprived men are more likely to die from bowel cancer than men from the most affluent section of society, new research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week shows.
A study funded by Gardasil has found that vaccination against HPV in males not only prevents HPV, but also prevents 90 per cent of genital warts in males.
THE immunisation program that protects girls against the virus linked to cervical cancer should immediately be extended to boys to prevent other cancers, a leading epidemiologist says.