There’s growing evidence that the virus that causes cervical cancer in women is also linked to cancers in men, leading health professionals to call for an HPV vaccination program for boys.
Janet Dollin, the president of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, said public health officials in Canada should consider vaccinating both girls and boys against HPV.
“Start thinking about immunizing everybody who is at risk — it makes no sense to vaccinate only the girls,” Dollin said.
Recent research found more than half of some oral cancers in men are associated with the human papilloma virus.
While many Canadian provinces fund programs to vaccinate girls against HPV to prevent cancer, there are none for boys.
Researchers at the University of Michigan studied treatments for men with tongue and tonsil cancers. Their study was published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read more…
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Posted By: ashley | May 14th