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by tucosan
588 days ago
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The vaccination campaign has solely been target at girls and women. Which is crazy, since boys and men can get cancer from HPV too. I really don't understand the bias in public health communication here.
OWID is making the same mistake again.
How are boys supposed to know that they should get the shot, if everybody public health professional fails to tell them? > HPV is also thought to cause about 95% of anal cancers, 75% of oropharyngeal cancers, 75% of vaginal cancers, 70% of vulvar cancers, and 60% of penile cancers.2 Low-risk or non-oncogenic genotypes (eg, types 6 and 11) cause anogenital warts, low-grade cervical disease, and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. In the USA, the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer in men now exceeds that of cervical cancer in women, and by 2020 the annual number of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers will exceed that of cervical cancers. As a result, it is important to consider ways to expand our HPV prevention efforts to boys and men. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... |
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