Ohio State joins national call for HPV vaccination as a means of preventing cancer

(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) Although HPV vaccines can prevent the majority of cervical, anal, oropharyngeal (middle throat) and other genital cancers, vaccination rates remain low across the US, with just 41.9 percent of girls and 28.1 percent of boys completing the recommend vaccine series. papillomavirus (HPV). The nation's National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers have joined together to issue a joint statement in support of recently revised recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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