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HPV vaccination
Inaccurate assumptions about oropharyngeal cancer
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4525 (Published 02 November 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4525
- Erich M Sturgis, associate professor1,
- Kristina R Dahlstrom, doctoral student2
- 1Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- 2University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
- esturgis{at}mdanderson.org
The article by Kim and Goldie on the cost effectiveness of including boys in a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme made assumptions about oropharyngeal cancers that are inaccurate.1 The prevalence of HPV in oropharyngeal …
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