Urgent health alert as most sexually active will get cancer causing virus at some point in life
Previously offered only to girls, the HPV shot is now available to all 12- and 13-year-olds, regardless of gender, providing a vital defence againstis calling on all Year 8 mums and dads to 'sign away' their child’s risk of developing the disease in later life by saying yes to the vaccine.
It also found the vaccine works similarly well across the socio-economic spectrum, with most cases being prevented in more deprived groups. For example, it is effective against types 16 and 18, which cause around 80 per cent of cervical cancers in the UK. There are around 3,200 new cases of the devastating cancer a year, with peak incidence in women in their early 30s.
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