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CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys
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In another vote on Wednesday, the ACIP panel approved the use of a second HPV vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix, for use in females to prevent cervical cancer. Last week, the FDA approved Cervarix for use in girls and women ages 10 to 26.
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For more on HPV vaccine, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Last updated 10/21/2009
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SOURCES: Jane Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor, health decision science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; Philip E. Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H., investigator, division of cancer epidemiology and genetics, U.S. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. ; Debbie Saslow, Ph.D., director, breast and gynecologic cancer, American Cancer Society; Oct. 9, 2009, British Medical Journal online; Oct. 21, 2009, Bloomberg News
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