Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?

Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor for the development of cervical cancer in women and other types of malignancies in men, including penile, oropharyngeal and perianal cancer. These neoplasms take longer to be detected because the infection is asymptomatic and silent in men

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Main Authors: Gerardo Sebastián Legua-Pérez, José Fidel Ramos-Canevaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2017-07-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/61313
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spelling doaj-ac653d7dacf240d48649929d291377be2020-11-24T23:03:43ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaRevista de la Facultad de Medicina0120-00112357-38482017-07-0165310.15446/revfacmed.v65n3.6131347052Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?Gerardo Sebastián Legua-Pérez0José Fidel Ramos-Canevaro1Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica - Faculty of Human Medicine Daniel Alcides Carrión - Ica - Perú.Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica - Faculty of Human Medicine Daniel Alcides Carrión - Ica - Perú.Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor for the development of cervical cancer in women and other types of malignancies in men, including penile, oropharyngeal and perianal cancer. These neoplasms take longer to be detected because the infection is asymptomatic and silent in menhttps://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/61313
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Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
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title Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
title_short Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
title_full Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
title_fullStr Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
title_full_unstemmed Should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
title_sort should male children be vaccinated against human papillomavirus?
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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description Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor for the development of cervical cancer in women and other types of malignancies in men, including penile, oropharyngeal and perianal cancer. These neoplasms take longer to be detected because the infection is asymptomatic and silent in men
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