Discovery of HPV in male oral cancers leads to vaccination call
CBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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.
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HPV is a sexually transmitted virus, with some strains of HPV having been shown to cause cervical cancer, leading to mass vaccinations of Canadian girls and women.
Currently, five provinces are funding programs that aim to prevent cancer by vaccinating girls before they become sexually active.
However, while cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women, oral cancers linked to HPV are estimated to affect a relatively small number of men — hundreds a year in Canada.
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May 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Just to save everyone looking up the cancer stats on StatsCan (as I know you were just about to do)…
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/82-231-XIE/2007001/t029_en.htm
By the numbers… oral cancers constitute 1384 of 77,042 new cancer cases for men.
That’s 1.7% of cancer cases in men, the way I figure.
I guess that justifies inoculating everyone. More public money for Merck. The current strategy of lobbying the hell out of Canada’s elected officials seems to be paying off handsomely.
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