HPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it's given

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) A decade of data on hundreds of boys and girls who received the HPV vaccine indicates the vaccine is safe and effective long term in protecting against the most virulent strains of the virus, researchers report.The findings support more widespread and early administration of the HPV vaccine before preadolescents and adolescents are exposed to the nation's most common sexually transmitted infection and the most common cause of cervical cancer, they report in the journal Pediatrics.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news