Submitted on Thursday 7th October 2021
Rejected on Monday 11th October 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Give boys the HPV vaccine as well as girls.
Currently the HPV vaccine is given to girls around year 9 in school to try and help prevent Cervical Cancer. I believe boys should also have the vaccine at the same time. My husband has been diagnosed with Tonsil cancer caused by HPV and is about to start treatment of radiotherapy and chemo.
The main risk factors for mouth and throat cancer are drinking alcohol and smoking or chewing tobacco.
But there's growing evidence that an increasing proportion of cancer is caused by HPV infection in the mouth.
Around 1 in 4 mouth cancers and 1 in 3 throat cancers are HPV-related, but in younger patients most throat cancers are now HPV-related.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Both boys and girls aged 12 to 13 years (born after 1 September 2006) are offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as part of the NHS vaccination programme, and anyone who misses this opportunity can still have the vaccine free on the NHS up to their 25th birthday. You can find out more about this here: www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/hpv-human-papillomavirus-vaccine/.
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