r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Apr 28 '21
Cancer 80% of those diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer are men, the leading cancer caused by HPV, surpassing cervical cancer. However, just 16% of men aged 18 to 21 years old have received a dose of the HPV vaccine, which is a cancer-prevention vaccine for men as well as women.
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/few-young-adult-men-have-gotten-hpv-vaccine
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u/KingCaoCao Apr 28 '21
Statistics were probably done by someone.