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Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Editorials, Opinion Pieces On HPV Vaccine

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Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology;  Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine
Article Date: 10 Jul 2006 - 6:00 PST

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CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which drafts recommendations and schedules for the administration of vaccines in the U.S., last week unanimously voted to recommend that all girls ages 11 and 12 receive Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil. FDA last month approved Gardasil -- which is given in three injections over six months and will cost $360 -- for sale and marketing to girls and women ages nine to 26. According to Merck, Gardasil in clinical trials has been shown to be 100% effective in preventing infection in women who do not already have HPV with strains 16 and 18, which together cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases, and about 99% effective in preventing HPV strains 6 and 11, which together with strains 16 and 18 cause about 90% of genital wart cases. Gardasil also protects against vaginal and vulvar cancers, two other gynecological cancers that are linked to HPV, according to a study presented in Atlanta at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The ACIP recommendation also allows for girls as young as nine to receive the vaccine and recommends that girls and women ages 13 to 26 receive Gardasil. Although the vaccination should be given before a girl begins sexual activity, sexually active girls and women still should receive Gardasil, the recommendation says (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 6/30). Several newspapers recently published editorials and opinion pieces related to Gardasil. Some of these are summarized below.

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