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Re:What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed by cperciva on Saturday March 16, 2024 @07:43PM (#39730462)
including boys who can't get cervical cancer

True enough (modulo questions of how trans people are identified) but while HPV is best known for causing cervical cancer, it also causes cancers of the penis, anus, mouth, and throat.

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Re:What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed by f731d3a6-1e22 on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:01PM (#39730546)
> but while the HPV is best known for causing cervical cancer, it also causes cancers of the penis, anus, mouth, and throat.

or

> but while the HPV vaccine is best known for preventing cervical cancer, it also prevents cancers of the penis, anus, mouth, and throat.

FTFY

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Re:What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed by cperciva on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:05PM (#39730568)
I wrote what I did deliberately; I wasn't sure if any trials had tested the other cancers (although it would be incredibly surprising if they weren't similarly prevented).
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Re:What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed by f731d3a6-1e22 on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:10PM (#39730611)
Makes sense

Still you wrote "HPV vaccine is best known for causing", thats what I wanted to fix

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Re:What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed by cperciva on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:15PM (#39730652)
Whoops! Thanks, I fixed that.
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