Call for HPV jab to be offered to older boys The Teenage Cancer Trust wants the HPV vaccine programme to be extended to older boys and young men.
Strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) are linked to the majority of cervical cancer cases as well as oral, throat and anal cancers.
Teenage girls have been able to get the HPV jab in the UK since 2008 but now boys aged 11-13 will be offered it too.
The government said that vaccinating older boys would only have "limited benefit". BBC News
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Strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) are linked to the majority of cervical cancer cases as well as oral, throat and anal cancers.
Teenage girls have been able to get the HPV jab in the UK since 2008 but now boys aged 11-13 will be offered it too.
The government said that vaccinating older boys would only have "limited benefit". BBC News
See also:
- More than a million teenage boys to miss out on life-saving cancer vaccinations Teenage Cancer Trust
- One million teenage boys are denied HPV vaccine that can prevent cancer The Daily Mail
- Cancer charity fears for boys and men who miss out on HPV vaccination The Guardian
- More than a million teenage boys could miss out on cancer-preventing HPV vaccines, charity warns The Independent
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