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\nEvery year in the United States, over 13,000 men get cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination could prevent most of these cancers from ever developing.
\nHPV is a common virus that infects both men and women. HPV is so common that 8 out of 10 people will get an HPV infection at some point in their lifetime. In most cases, HPV goes away on its own. But, sometimes, HPV infections don\u2019t go away, and can cause certain cancers and other diseases.
\nHPV infections can cause cancers of the back of the throat (oropharyngeal cancer), anus, and penis in men. Cancers of the back of the throat have surpassed cervical cancer as the most common type of cancer caused by HPV. Unlike cervical cancer in women, there are no recommended screening tests for the other types of cancers that HPV causes, so they may not be found until they cause health problems.
\n \nBoys, like girls, should get the two doses of the HPV vaccine at age 11 or 12 to protect against cancer-causing HPV infections long before they are ever exposed. The HPV vaccine series can be started as early as age 9, and should be finished before boys turn 13 years old.
\nIf you haven\u2019t already vaccinated your preteen or teen boys, it\u2019s not too late. If your teen is 15 or older, and hasn\u2019t started the HPV vaccine series, he will need 3 shots given over 6 months.
\nAlert_01 \n Take advantage of any medical visit \u2013 such as an annual health checkup or physicals for sports, camp or college \u2013 to ask the doctor about what shots your preteens and teens need.
\nTeen boys who did not start or finish the HPV vaccine series when they were younger should get it now. HPV vaccine is recommended for young men through age 21. HPV vaccine is also recommended for the following people, if they did not get vaccinated when they were younger:
\nHPV vaccination provides safe, effective, and long-lasting protection against HPV cancers.
\n \nIf you need help paying for your child\u2019s vaccines, learn more
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