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ENT UK calls for HPV vaccination for boys

On Tuesday 29th May, ENT UK wrote to Steve Brine MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care calling on the government to end the discriminatory practice of only vaccinating girls. ENT surgeons are increasingly diagnosing cancer of the throat which evidence suggests is linked to a rise in HPV (human papilloma virus) related oropharyngeal malignancy.

The letter can be read below.

A copy of the letter can be downloaded here