The complete ACS recommendations address several different groups:


Routine HPV vaccination is recommended for girls aged 11-12
years.

Girls as young as 9 years old may be vaccinated.

The vaccine is also recommended for girls 13-18 years old to catch
up on missed shots or to complete the series of shots.

There is not yet enough information to recommend for or against
vaccinating women 19-26 years old, so these women should discuss
vaccination with their doctor.

The HPV vaccine is not recommended at this time for women over age
26.

The HPV vaccine is not recommended at this time for boys or men.

Women should continue to be screened for cervical cancer according
to ACS guidelines, regardless of whether they have gotten the HPV
vaccine.
The new recommendations are in line with those issued by federal
health officials after the vaccine was approved last summer.
Potential for Preventing Many Cervical Cancers
Cervical cancer screening with the Pap test has greatly reduced the
incidence of this cancer in the United States. The greatest impact of
the vaccine is likely to be in groups where screening levels are low,
such as in medically underserved populations. The vaccine may prove
especially helpful in other countries where cervical cancer screening
is not routinely done.
Giving the vaccine to young girls is important, the new guidelines
say, because it works best when given to people before they ever
become infected with HPV. Because the types of HPV that cause cervical
cancer are sexually transmitted, girls should get vaccinated well
before they become sexually active.
Surveys of US teens show that nearly a quarter of them have had sex by
age 15, and 70% have had sex by age 18.
Most people become infected with HPV at some point in their lives, but
the infection usually clears up on its own without ever causing any
symptoms. Only rarely does the infection linger in the body and cause
cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be about
11,150 cases of cervical cancer in the US in 2007. About 3,670 women
will die from the disease.

Widespread vaccination promises to reduce the number of people with
diseases caused by HPV, the guidelines say. Over the long term

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