HPV awareness is a good thing... It prompts you to get your regular PAP screen, but the idea that HPV (or oral sex for that matter) is anything new is something we want to be careful to avoid. Hippocrates discovered cervical cancer which means that HPV has been around AT LEAST that long. I expect that we've seen a decrease in the number of cervical cancer cases since the PAP test, and the routine check up was invented. So, all the hype for a vaccine is really questionable as the best means of preventing cancers related to HPV.
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HPV awareness is a good thing... It prompts you to get your regular PAP screen, but the idea that HPV (or oral sex for that matter) is anything new is something we want to be careful to avoid. Hippocrates discovered cervical cancer which means that HPV has been around AT LEAST that long. I expect that we've seen a decrease in the number of cervical cancer cases since the PAP test, and the routine check up was invented. So, all the hype for a vaccine is really questionable as the best means of preventing cancers related to HPV.
December 8, 2011 - 7:02amThis Comment
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