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		<title>Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection Higher Among Men Than Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO &#8212; The overall prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is approximately 7 percent among men and women ages 14 to 69 years in the United States, while the prevalence among men is higher than among women, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HPV Vaccine Recommended for Boys aged 11 to 12 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: HemOncToday.com The CDC&#8217;s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices today approved routine recommendation in favor of administering the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for boys aged 11 to 12 years. Committee members decided that the vaccine (Gardasil, Merck) was safe, efficacious and cost-effective enough to warrant routine usage in this population. The recommendation issued in 2009 was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA panel backs new use for Gardasil vaccine</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/fda-panel-backs-new-use-for-gardasil-vaccine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: TherapeuticsDaily.com WASHINGTON &#8212; A federal health panel says evidence supports expanding use of Merck&#8217;s Gardasil vaccine to prevent anal cancer in young men and women. The panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers said a 4,000-patient study conducted by Merck &#38; Co. Inc. shows the vaccine lowers the risk of anal cancer in men. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Deadly HPVs in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: WebMD News Author: Daniel DeNoon Cervical Cancer-Causing Viruses ID&#8217;d in Worldwide Study Oct. 19, 2010 – Two human papillomavirus types included in HPV vaccines cause 71% of cervical cancers &#8212; but there are six other cervical cancer-causing HPVs, an international study finds. Led by Spanish researcher Silvia de Sanjose, MD, the effort analyzed 22,661 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dispatch: get vaccinated!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: American Council on Science and Health Author: Staff According to U.S. researchers, there are an estimated 11,300 throat cancer cases attributable to human papilloma virus (HPV) annually, although the government does not formally track the incidence rate since the connection between HPV and throat cancer was only made in the past few years. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The cancer-causing sex virus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Forbes Author: Matthew Herper Martin Duffy, a Boston consultant and economist, thought he just had a sore throat. When it persisted for months, he went to the doctor and learned there was a tumor on his tonsils. Duffy, now 70, had none of the traditional risk factors for throat cancer. He doesn&#8217;t smoke, doesn&#8217;t drink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA&#8217;s risk aversion is endangering children</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 16:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Forbes.com Author: Henry Miller The agency has sown confusion by asking physicians to stop administering a vaccine that even they admit is safe. By applying its now-customary excessive precaution, the FDA has painted itself into a most interesting corner. The result will likely be confusion among pediatricians and the public and parents reluctant to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two doctors explain their support of the Gardasil vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Author: Marcia G. Yerman As parents contemplate whether or not they should have the Gardasil vaccine administered to their daughters, one of the first places that they turn is to their doctors. In this segment, I posed questions to two doctors supporting the vaccine. Dr. Margaret Lewin, M.D., F.A.C.P., is the Medical Director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Males can get HPV vaccine Gardasil thanks, in part, to Gulfport cancer survivor</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/males-can-get-hpv-vaccine-gardasil-thanks-in-part-to-gulfport-cancer-survivor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: St. Petersburg Times Author: John Barry David Hastings&#8217; crusade to inoculate boys against a cancer-causing virus that afflicts women — but threatened him, too — has scored a victory. But it&#8217;s not quite the one he has been fighting for in the past three years. A panel of the Centers for Disease Control and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HPV vaccine fails to get nod for routine use in boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Medscape.com Author: Robert Lowes October 21, 2009 — Despite hearing impassioned pleas to protect both men and women from cancer, a federal advisory panel today declined to recommend that a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine be routinely administered to boys to prevent genital warts. Instead, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued a &#8220;permissive&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>37% of U.S. teen girls got HPV vaccine</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/37-of-u-s-teen-girls-got-hpv-vaccine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: www.medscape.com Author: Daniel J. DeNoon More than one in three U.S. teen girls has had at least one shot of Gardasil, a CDC survey shows, but only 18% of girls got the three shots needed for protection. The survey includes girls vaccinated through 2008, two years after Gardasil&#8217;s approval. A second HPV vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Initial COIN study results presented at European Oncology Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Drugs.com Author: Staff • Results inconsistent with data from all Erbitux pivotal studies • Further analyses planned by the Medical Research Council that conducted the independent COIN study Berlin/Darmstadt, Germany, September 23, 2009 – The Medical Research Council (MRC), a UK-based, publicly-funded organization dedicated to improving human health, today presented the initial results of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drugmaker Merck seeks Gardasil approval for boys</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/drugmaker-merck-seeks-gardasil-approval-for-boys/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/drugmaker-merck-seeks-gardasil-approval-for-boys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: www.forbes.com Author: Linda A. Johnson Drugmaker Merck &#038; Co. has asked federal regulators to approve use in males for its vaccine against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical and other sexually transmitted cancers. The application was submitted in late December, Merck spokeswoman Amy Rose said Tuesday. It was long planned as part of Whitehouse [...]]]></description>
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