Health Services: Gardasil for Men Gardisil is the vaccination
that prevents infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6,
11, 16, and 18 which cause approximately 70% of cervical cancer
in women and 90% of genital warts. Why should men consider
Gardasil? Boys and young men age 11-26 should be vaccinated
against human papillomavirus, or HPV, to protect against anal
and throat cancers that can result from sexual activity The
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and American Academy of
Pediatrics recommended young men receive the series of 3
Gardisil vaccines. Men who are protected against HPV are less
likely to pass the infection to their sex partner(s). Men who
have receptive anal sex could benefit from Gardasil because the
vaccine is shown to be 78% effective in preventing anal
intraepithelial neoplasia, a precursor to anal cancer. Why
should men be concerned about HPV? HPV is the most common
sexually transmitted virus in the U.S. and is spread by