One million teenage boys to miss out on ‘life-saving’ vaccine, charity warns
The Teenage Cancer Trust is calling for all teenage boys and young men to be offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on the NHS.
The Teenage Cancer Trust is calling for all teenage boys and young men to be offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on the NHS.
The vaccine could prevent 64,138 cervical cancers and 49,649 non-cervical cancers in the UK by 2058, estimates suggest.
The vaccination programme for school girls has been running for a decade and will soon be extended to boys.