Opinion: A single-dose HPV vaccine would have a big impact on cancer prevention
Parents and providers should be vaccinating every child against HPV, especially if one dose turns out to be enough. We need to do better at protecting our children from cancers…
As the father of three teenagers, as a son whose father lost his battle with cancer, and as a physician-scientist who specialized in cancer research for more than four decades, I was heartened by the recent and welcome news of continued declines in US cancer mortality rates, driven by continued reductions in tobacco use, increased early detection strategies, and the development of immune therapies.
Even sharper declines can be realized by implementing more aggressive and comprehensive proven cancer prevention and control strategies.
Up to half of cancers are preventable — they never have to occur. While cancer typically afflicts older individuals, plant their
