Vaccinate kids against HPV, doctors urge, as cancers caused by virus spike in Canadian men and women
Elizabeth Payne, The Canadian Cancer Society is urging parents to get their children vaccinated against HPV, saying cancers caused by the human papillomavirus are rising sharply in Canada and threaten both men and women. The society released a special report Wednesday that, for the first time, looks at cancers related to HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease. The report found that mouth and throat cancers caused by the virus jumped by 56 per cent in Canadian men between 1992 and 2012 and 17 per cent in women during the same period. They are “poised to surpass the rate...
Elizabeth Payne, The Canadian Cancer Society is urging parents to get their children vaccinated against HPV, saying cancers caused by the human papillomavirus are rising sharply in Canada and threaten both men and women. The society released a special...
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