Model Shows HPV Vaccination Could Prevent More Than 900,000 Cases of Throat Cancer

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Shot of a mature male doctor examining a senior female patient in his medical officeA new study in Lancet predicts that giving the HPV vaccination to 80% of adolescents could reduce throat cancer cases by 900,000 during this century. Adults can be given the HPV vaccination up to age 45.