HPV Vaccine Highly Effective, According To Large-scale Studies

If the HPV vaccine prevented cancer of the nose it would have been accepted as a reasonable preventative measure. But because certain people have an agenda that includes controlling sexual behavior, the vaccine gets stymied with opposition.

Gardasil was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year for use in females 9 to 26 years of age. While controversy has been raised about giving pre-adolescent girls a vaccine for a sexually transmitted disease, Dr. Ault argues, "young women, young girls make very good immune responses to this vaccine, so that will enhance their protection. Widespread immunization with the HPV vaccine along with continued screening will help decrease the burden of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases," he says.