If men also received the vaccination then cervical cancer could be irradicated and who knows, maybe prostate cancer in men?
2007-10-26 03:37:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
There is SIGNIFICANT benefit in vaccinating men against HPV. They are the reservoir of infection. If you can prevent men from contracting HPV, then you'd protect a whole lot of women, too. Of course, let's continue to vaccinate women against HPV.
While HPV is not linked to prostate cancer, it is linked to penile, oral and anorectal cancers. And of course, men are susceptible to genital warts, too (which Gardasil protects against).
Currently, clinical trials are being done to evaluate the benefits of Gardasil in men. Just wait another year or so, and I'm sure the FDA will license it for use in males.
2007-10-26 09:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
HPV (human papilloma virus) has not been shown to cause prostate cancer but has been linked to cervical cancer. Since the drug was tested on women for a woman's part (men have no cervix), it can not be given to men until there is a "medical reason" to test it on men. The way the FDA works is not necessarily what it best for people. Hopefully someone somewhere will think it important to vaccinate men for the virus as well.
2007-10-26 03:44:05 · answer #2 · answered by Spirit Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the reason is that the vaccine was not tested in men. In the US, the FDA is very strict about new medications, they must be tested before they can be used in the general population. BTW, it has nothing to do with the prostate. Vaccinating men would also help to cut down on the hpv disease since men spread it to women, that day will probably come but it is not today.
2007-10-26 04:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who question why girls as young as the age of nine need to get this shot should realize that it's done that way as because girls who are younger are less likely to be sexually active. Telling them to wait until they are at around the upper age limit is unrealistic because most women by that age are already sexually active or have had sex. I found the part about HPV being the leading cause of throat cancer to be especially disturbing. Many people have this kind of sex as a way to prevent pregnancy or they wrongly believe it will protect them against a sexually transmitted disease. It doesn't.
2016-04-10 07:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hpv hasnt as yet been linked to prostate cancer, so it would be no benefit to men , however it has been linked to cervical cancer and as such it is beneficial to vaccinate women. I can see your logic however i guess it just wouldn't be cost effective to vaccinate men aswell
2007-10-26 04:13:12 · answer #5 · answered by donnajaneindigo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the FDA has only approved it to prevent cervical cancer as of yet. Could be something to look into though. Unfortunately men don't get to endure cervixes, uteruses, and the wonderful ovaries.
2007-10-26 03:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by Nurse Brandi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anatomically speaking men would not benefit from this vaccine. Cancers are a cellular disturbance and not a sexually transmitted disease so giving this vaccine to men would do nothing in terms of eradication.
2007-10-26 03:43:22 · answer #7 · answered by iraq51 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=43663
According to this article, studies are still being done on men and boys for the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine and Merck hopes to be marketing it to them by 2008.
Without stopping the spread of HPV in men, we can't hope to erradicate it in women.
2007-10-26 03:55:32 · answer #8 · answered by tmerion 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Question good a man and woman give vaccination
2007-10-26 03:45:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Joan you saw know how to bring them in.
A lot of good answers.
RM
2007-10-27 00:23:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋