suburb1 153 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 HPV vaccine could also prevent oropharyngeal cancer, says IARC Lyon, France, 18 July 2013- A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in partnership with Costa Rican investigators and the United States National CancerInstitute (NCI), shows for the first time that the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, which is used to prevent cervical cancer, also provides strong protection against oral HPV infections, known to be associated with cancer of the oropharynx and tonsils http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2013/pdfs/pr220_E.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
