Two years ago the FDA approved the first ever HPV vaccine. Now the vaccine's creator claims that the same technology behind it could be used to prevent skin cancer.
"Professor Frazer, who delivered his findings to the Australian Health and Medical
Research Congress, said a vaccine for children aged 10 to 12 could be
available in five to 10 years."
The HPV vaccine is critical because the human papillomavirus is linked with cervical cancer. In other words, the real concern about HPV was not the nuisance of warts but the threat of cancer. Consequently, the HPV vaccine has not yet been approved for men (since they don't have vaginae). However, since HPV has been linked to anal and penile cancer in men, there are medical trials underway to detect whether the vaccine that is currently approved for females is also effective in males.
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