Men can actually be tested for HPV using an anal pap, it's just that many clinicians do not typically test for this. I was saying in my post that it's naive to think that every one will catch HPV related abnormalities on a pap since in reality, many women are outside of the health care system and do not routinely get paps therefore they would have a much higher risk of developing cervical cancer because these changes are not detected. I understand that HPV is the most common STD, I'm simply saying that the people that are likely to progress to cervical CA are people not frequently touching base with the health care community and that vaccinating these people when they do make contact is beneficial. I agree with you that having sex puts you in the risk group for HPV, I was commenting more on the group of women that will progress to cancer.
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Date: 2006-07-18 08:05 pm (UTC)