Jan. 19, 2007 -- The American Cancer Society issued its
recommendations for using the new vaccine against cervical
cancer -- recommendations that veer from those of other groups
when it comes to vaccinating women over 18. The guidelines,
published in the American Cancer Society's journal, CA: A Cancer
Journal for Clinicians, call for routinely vaccinating all girls
aged 11 to 12. They add that the vaccine, called Gardasil, may
be given to girls as young Girls 13 to 18 should be given a
"catch-up" vaccine if they never received their vaccine, or did
not complete the three-shot series. However, unlike the CDC and
the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the
American Cancer Society (ACS) does not recommend routine
vaccination for women 19 to 26. "We don't believe the research
is there among women 19 to 26 to justify universal vaccine
recommendation," says ACS guidelines co-author Mark Einstein,
MD, director of clinical research at Montefiore Medical Center
and Einstein College of Medicine in New