The Teenage Cancer Trust is calling for all teenage boys and young men to be offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on the NHS.

One million teenage boys to miss out on ‘life-saving’ vaccine, charity warns

The vaccine could prevent 64,138 cervical cancers and 49,649 non-cervical cancers in the UK by 2058, estimates suggest.

Boys will be given HPV jab from September

The vaccination programme for school girls has been running for a decade and will soon be extended to boys.

The treatment was linked to a massive reduction in the two types of HPV – 16 and 18.

One in ten girls and young women still aren’t getting vaccinated, which leaves young men and boys at risk of infection.

Women who have been given the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may only need three cervical screenings in their life, a study has said.

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