Study Group: Infectious Disease Pediatricians(?)

Everyone who expects Gardasil to be approved for general use in males may be very surprised.  Yes, Gardasil prevents HPV in males, but the cost/benefit ratio is completely off compared to women.  The cost is MUCH higher per case of invasive HPV prevented and the benefit is much lower for penile...

So let me get this straight: In the US, doctors and hospitals are vetted endlessly, recertified yearly, and made to meet some stringent standards before Wellcare will admit them to its network. But in the interest of saving a few bucks, they will "allow" members to go elsewhere, where they are unable...

-Gardasil has been shown effective in men to prevent infection with high-risk HPV subtypes.  This is great news for some men. -Gardasil when given to all women (now currently in roll-out) will interrupt heterosexual HPV transmission.  Sexually active gay/bisexual males will benefit...

The new HPV vaccine which has been so successful in preventing HPV disease in females has now proven to be successful in preventing genital warts and penile cancer in  males. The quadravalent vaccine which cover 90% of currently circulating human HPV strains, has proven to be approximately 90%...

Gardasil has been shown to be effective in preventing the long-term complications of HPV infection, including cervical and vulvar cancer and genital warts, in females. New evidence now is available that it also prevents warts, and presumably the very rare penile carcinoma in males.