FDA: Gardasil may help prevent vaginal and vulvar cancer
September 24th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
The FDA recently released a report indicating that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, may also help prevent vaginal and vulvar cancer in girls and women between the ages of nine and 26. The ruling was in response to a two-year follow-up study by Merck, Gardasil’s manufacturer. The study indicated that the drug was “highly-effective” in [...]
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