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Health campaigners say boys should receive the cervical cancer vaccine to

help protect girls

Boys should be vaccinated against the sexual infection which causes cervical

cancer because so few girls have had the jab that protects against it, say

campaigners.

Even though boys cannot get cervical cancer, they can contract the human

papillomavirus which causes 70 per cent of cases - and pass it on to girls.

Ministers want all girls between the ages of 12 and 18 to be given the jab

over the next three years.

But latest figures show only 73 per cent of girls aged 12 and 13 had

received the first two of the doses of the vaccine by this January.

Among 17 and 18-year-olds - the other group to be targeted so far in the

Government's campaign - only 22 per cent have had two doses, largely because

it is harder to reach girls when they have left school.

The number of girls having the third and final dose is likely to be even

lower.

Ministers say the jab will eventually save 700 lives a year by stopping more

women getting cervical cancer in middle age.

But experts fear take-up has been hit because parents fear the vaccine -

dubbed the 'promiscuity jab' - will encourage their daughters to have sex

younger.

There have also been concerns over possible side-effects.

Dr Anne Szarewski, from Cancer Research UK, said widespread immunity can

only be guaranteed if boys aged 12 to 18 are also vaccinated - a programme

which would cost £600million.

Speaking at a women's health conference in London, reported in GP magazine,

she said it was 'very likely that boys would be vaccinated sometime down the

line'.

Dr Szarewski, of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, said giving

both sexes the jab would boost uptake by removing the stigma. This was

especially true among ethnic minorities, where there can be pressure not to

vaccinate girls against a sexually-transmitted infection.

Professor Oxford, a virology expert at St Bart's hospital in London,

said: 'It makes sense to do boys as well as girls, because after all if

girls are going to get infected it's going to come from a man.

'We've been through all this with rubella, when originally only girls were

vaccinated.

'But the number of outbreaks were not knocked on the head. So we followed

the example of other countries and started to vaccinate both sexes. With HPV

we should do both sexes and get them early.

'The Jade Goody case has shown what a devastating effect this cancer can

have.'

Last year Dr Yeo, a virologist at Durham University, said that because

it was not known how long the immunity offered by the jab will last, women

could become vulnerable to HPV infection in their 20s.

Any decision on whether to give boys the jab would be made following advice

from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. It is understood

it is not yet considering giving the jab to boys. Music, director of

cervical cancer charity Jo's Trust, said: 'For now the focus has to be

ensuring that all young women eligible for the HPV programme are vaccinated

and thus protected against 70 per cent of all cervical cancers.'

Jackie Fletcher of Jabs, a support group for those affected by vaccinations,

said: 'The only people who will benefit from this are the pharmaceutical

companies who know it would be very lucrative if boys as well as girls were

to have the jab.'

A Department of Health spokesman said ministers were not yet considering

jabs for boys.

Last July the Health Protection Agency, the safety watchdog, concluded that

vaccinating boys would not be cost-effective.

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Totally protected? Is that a guarantee??

Winnie

Why boys need a jab for cervical cancer: Only then will

girls be totally protected, say experts

NoVax4Us

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> totallyprotected, say experts

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> Health campaigners say boys should receive the cervical cancer

> vaccine to

> help protect girls

>

> Boys should be vaccinated against the sexual infection which

> causes cervical

> cancer because so few girls have had the jab that protects

> against it, say

> campaigners.

>

> Even though boys cannot get cervical cancer, they can contract

> the human

> papillomavirus which causes 70 per cent of cases - and pass it

> on to girls.

>

> Ministers want all girls between the ages of 12 and 18 to be

> given the jab

> over the next three years.

>

>

>

> But latest figures show only 73 per cent of girls aged 12 and 13 had

> received the first two of the doses of the vaccine by this

> January.

>

> Among 17 and 18-year-olds - the other group to be targeted so

> far in the

> Government's campaign - only 22 per cent have had two doses,

> largely because

> it is harder to reach girls when they have left school.

>

> The number of girls having the third and final dose is likely to

> be even

> lower.

>

> Ministers say the jab will eventually save 700 lives a year by

> stopping more

> women getting cervical cancer in middle age.

>

> But experts fear take-up has been hit because parents fear the

> vaccine -

> dubbed the 'promiscuity jab' - will encourage their daughters to

> have sex

> younger.

>

> There have also been concerns over possible side-effects.

>

> Dr Anne Szarewski, from Cancer Research UK, said widespread

> immunity can

> only be guaranteed if boys aged 12 to 18 are also vaccinated - a

> programmewhich would cost £600million.

>

> Speaking at a women's health conference in London, reported in

> GP magazine,

> she said it was 'very likely that boys would be vaccinated

> sometime down the

> line'.

>

> Dr Szarewski, of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine,

> said giving

> both sexes the jab would boost uptake by removing the stigma.

> This was

> especially true among ethnic minorities, where there can be

> pressure not to

> vaccinate girls against a sexually-transmitted infection.

>

> Professor Oxford, a virology expert at St Bart's hospital

> in London,

> said: 'It makes sense to do boys as well as girls, because after

> all if

> girls are going to get infected it's going to come from a man.

>

> 'We've been through all this with rubella, when originally only

> girls were

> vaccinated.

>

> 'But the number of outbreaks were not knocked on the head. So we

> followedthe example of other countries and started to vaccinate

> both sexes. With HPV

> we should do both sexes and get them early.

>

> 'The Jade Goody case has shown what a devastating effect this

> cancer can

> have.'

>

> Last year Dr Yeo, a virologist at Durham University, said

> that because

> it was not known how long the immunity offered by the jab will

> last, women

> could become vulnerable to HPV infection in their 20s.

>

> Any decision on whether to give boys the jab would be made

> following advice

> from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. It is

> understoodit is not yet considering giving the jab to boys.

> Music, director of

> cervical cancer charity Jo's Trust, said: 'For now the focus has

> to be

> ensuring that all young women eligible for the HPV programme are

> vaccinatedand thus protected against 70 per cent of all cervical

> cancers.'

>

> Jackie Fletcher of Jabs, a support group for those affected by

> vaccinations,said: 'The only people who will benefit from this

> are the pharmaceutical

> companies who know it would be very lucrative if boys as well as

> girls were

> to have the jab.'

>

> A Department of Health spokesman said ministers were not yet

> consideringjabs for boys.

>

> Last July the Health Protection Agency, the safety watchdog,

> concluded that

> vaccinating boys would not be cost-effective.

>

>

>

>

>

>

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<< > Ministers say the jab will eventually save 700 lives a year by

> stopping more

> women getting cervical cancer in middle age. >>

Fabricated rubbish. The vaccine trial was only 6 years long. You can't

predict from age 11 to middle age with such a short trial

wharrison@... schrieb:

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> Totally protected? Is that a guarantee??

>

> Winnie

>

> Why boys need a jab for cervical cancer: Only

> then will girls be totally protected, say experts

> NoVax4Us

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> > Why boys need a jab for cervical cancer: Only then will girls be

> > totallyprotected, say experts

> >

> >

> >

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> >

> > Last updated at 5:54 AM on 02nd April 2009

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> >

> >

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> > Health campaigners say boys should receive the cervical cancer

> > vaccine to

> > help protect girls

> >

> > Boys should be vaccinated against the sexual infection which

> > causes cervical

> > cancer because so few girls have had the jab that protects

> > against it, say

> > campaigners.

> >

> > Even though boys cannot get cervical cancer, they can contract

> > the human

> > papillomavirus which causes 70 per cent of cases - and pass it

> > on to girls.

> >

> > Ministers want all girls between the ages of 12 and 18 to be

> > given the jab

> > over the next three years.

> >

> >

> >

> > But latest figures show only 73 per cent of girls aged 12 and 13 had

> > received the first two of the doses of the vaccine by this

> > January.

> >

> > Among 17 and 18-year-olds - the other group to be targeted so

> > far in the

> > Government's campaign - only 22 per cent have had two doses,

> > largely because

> > it is harder to reach girls when they have left school.

> >

> > The number of girls having the third and final dose is likely to

> > be even

> > lower.

> >

> > Ministers say the jab will eventually save 700 lives a year by

> > stopping more

> > women getting cervical cancer in middle age.

> >

> > But experts fear take-up has been hit because parents fear the

> > vaccine -

> > dubbed the 'promiscuity jab' - will encourage their daughters to

> > have sex

> > younger.

> >

> > There have also been concerns over possible side-effects.

> >

> > Dr Anne Szarewski, from Cancer Research UK, said widespread

> > immunity can

> > only be guaranteed if boys aged 12 to 18 are also vaccinated - a

> > programmewhich would cost £600million.

> >

> > Speaking at a women's health conference in London, reported in

> > GP magazine,

> > she said it was 'very likely that boys would be vaccinated

> > sometime down the

> > line'.

> >

> > Dr Szarewski, of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine,

> > said giving

> > both sexes the jab would boost uptake by removing the stigma.

> > This was

> > especially true among ethnic minorities, where there can be

> > pressure not to

> > vaccinate girls against a sexually-transmitted infection.

> >

> > Professor Oxford, a virology expert at St Bart's hospital

> > in London,

> > said: 'It makes sense to do boys as well as girls, because after

> > all if

> > girls are going to get infected it's going to come from a man.

> >

> > 'We've been through all this with rubella, when originally only

> > girls were

> > vaccinated.

> >

> > 'But the number of outbreaks were not knocked on the head. So we

> > followedthe example of other countries and started to vaccinate

> > both sexes. With HPV

> > we should do both sexes and get them early.

> >

> > 'The Jade Goody case has shown what a devastating effect this

> > cancer can

> > have.'

> >

> > Last year Dr Yeo, a virologist at Durham University, said

> > that because

> > it was not known how long the immunity offered by the jab will

> > last, women

> > could become vulnerable to HPV infection in their 20s.

> >

> > Any decision on whether to give boys the jab would be made

> > following advice

> > from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. It is

> > understoodit is not yet considering giving the jab to boys.

> > Music, director of

> > cervical cancer charity Jo's Trust, said: 'For now the focus has

> > to be

> > ensuring that all young women eligible for the HPV programme are

> > vaccinatedand thus protected against 70 per cent of all cervical

> > cancers.'

> >

> > Jackie Fletcher of Jabs, a support group for those affected by

> > vaccinations,said: 'The only people who will benefit from this

> > are the pharmaceutical

> > companies who know it would be very lucrative if boys as well as

> > girls were

> > to have the jab.'

> >

> > A Department of Health spokesman said ministers were not yet

> > consideringjabs for boys.

> >

> > Last July the Health Protection Agency, the safety watchdog,

> > concluded that

> > vaccinating boys would not be cost-effective.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >