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[quote=Anonymous]I'm on the fence with you... have a 9 year old girl, so still have some time.

About 8 years ago I spoke with my GYN about it... he was furious, felt that all if all the $$ spent on the development and marketing of the vaccine were spent to ensure every woman had regular pap smears it would do much more to prevent cervical cancer.   Ironically, we were talking about it while treating me for HPV, found as a result of an abnormal pap smear and biopsy of cervical cells.

HPV is surprisingly common - the most common STI ,and exists in over 40 strains.  The vaccine only protects against 4 of them, although they are the 4 most commonly associated with cancers.

I will be waiting and watching the research on this one too...

The downsides I see are possible side effects/long term effects we don't know about, possible complacency and belief that there is no need to have to worry about HPV or having routine pap smears.

For those who choose to do it, why did you?  Those who choose not to, why?[/quote]

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