While the vaccine was originally introduced to target cervical malignancies, extensive research now shows it provides substantial, long-term protection against human papillomavirus (HPV)-driven throat and mouth cancers in both men and women....
BBC quite rightly focused on the effectiveness of the vaccine in saving lives where cervical cancer was involved...but no mention of its impact on head and neck cancer...maybe the Beeb's researchers should revisit the subject
There is lots the BBC doesn’t get right much of it purposely
All we can do is to take every opportunity to make our case.
It does get a mention though not in a meaningful way
“Boys have also been given the HPV vaccine since 2019, which helps to protect them against anal, penis, throat and mouth cancers, and reduces the risk of them passing the virus on to girls.”
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
