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Focus on STD, not cancer prevention, to promote HPV vaccine use

The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease in women. But emphasizing the STD prevention will persuade more young women to get the vaccine, a new study suggests.

Health May 02, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Study compares effectiveness of 2 vs. 3 doses of HPV vaccine for girls and young women

With the number of doses and cost of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines a barrier to global implementation, researchers have found that girls who received two doses of HPV vaccine had immune responses to HPV-16 and HPV-18 ...

Cancer Apr 30, 2013 | not rated yet | 0