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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(14):1030-1031; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji226
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

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Targeting Teens and Adolescents for HPV Vaccine Could Draw Fire

Cynthia Washam

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Months before a manufacturer of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine applies for a biologics licensing agreement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the vaccine, public health leaders are brainstorming ways to overcome the possible resistance to the promising defense against cervical cancer.

Opposition centers on the recommendation from researchers that the vaccine be given to children between the ages of 9 and 12. Critics contend that a vaccine against a sexually transmitted virus will encourage teen promiscuity.

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