HPV Vaccines and Cervical Cancer
HPV Vaccines and Cervical Cancer
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Ideally, the vaccine should be given to girls and boys at ages 11 to 12, according to recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC. The vaccine is best given at a young age, before sexual activity begins and before exposure to HPV.
The recommendations note that girls as young as 9 can get the vaccine, and up to age 26 if they didn't get it when they were younger. The vaccine is also being studied in older women.
Gardasil and Gardasil 9 are also indicated for boys and men ages 9-26; it protects against two types of HPV that cause 90% of genital warts.
In late 2010, Gardasil was also approved for the prevention of anal cancer.
Another HPV vaccine, Cervarix, protects against types 16 and 18, which cause 70% of cervical cancers.
Three doses are given over six months to females 10-25 years old. Fainting spells have been reported in teens and young adults after vaccination.
The vaccines are not an HPV cure. But both HPV vaccines have been shown to provide protection for five years.
HPV vaccination doesn't mean women can skip their Pap tests. Neither vaccine protects against all the types of HPV that cause cervical cancer.
HPV Vaccines
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Who Should Get Gardasil?
Ideally, the vaccine should be given to girls and boys at ages 11 to 12, according to recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC. The vaccine is best given at a young age, before sexual activity begins and before exposure to HPV.
The recommendations note that girls as young as 9 can get the vaccine, and up to age 26 if they didn't get it when they were younger. The vaccine is also being studied in older women.
Gardasil and Gardasil 9 are also indicated for boys and men ages 9-26; it protects against two types of HPV that cause 90% of genital warts.
In late 2010, Gardasil was also approved for the prevention of anal cancer.
Cervarix
Another HPV vaccine, Cervarix, protects against types 16 and 18, which cause 70% of cervical cancers.
Three doses are given over six months to females 10-25 years old. Fainting spells have been reported in teens and young adults after vaccination.
Vaccines Are Not an HPV Cure
The vaccines are not an HPV cure. But both HPV vaccines have been shown to provide protection for five years.
HPV vaccination doesn't mean women can skip their Pap tests. Neither vaccine protects against all the types of HPV that cause cervical cancer.
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