How do you counsel patients and partners of patients with HPV+ cancers regarding the HPV vaccine?
This would apply to gynecologic and GI cancers as well. And as long as the patient's partner is within the recommend age of <45 yo
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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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The patient was likely exposed in their teens or twenties. The partner is likely too old to be vaccinated. Independent of the cancer, children should be vaccinated.
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