Cancer Society Recommends HPV Vaccine Guidelines
Women and girls considering getting the new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine should remember this: the shots do not protect you against all types of HPV and regular cervical cancer screenings are still important.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently released guidelines for those who should get the new vaccine, called Gardasil, which was approved last year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent cervical cancer. According to the ACS, an estimated 11,150 new cases of invasive cancer of the cervix will be diagnosed in the United States in 2007 and approximately 3,670 women are likely to die from the disease this year.
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