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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology • Gynecologic Cancers • Gastrointestinal Cancers • Medical Oncology
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
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
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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