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HPV Vaccination Expected to Reduce Cancer Burden in All Races, May Not Eliminate All Disparities

Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016.  Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occur more frequently, and sometimes with more deadly consequences, among Hispanics, blacks, and American Indian and Alaska Natives than among whites. A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that HPV vaccination is expected to reduce the cancer burden across all racial/ethnic groups. However, some disparitiesin cancer burden may persist and widen in the years to come if their causes—such as…

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