News that 1 in 9 men now have oral HPV has us asking (again) whether all men should get the HPV vaccine, even though the CDC only recommends it for men up to age 21, and up to age 26 for a higher-risk group.
“Yes, there’s definitely a benefit for a man over 26 to be vaccinated because of the increased incidence of reported oropharyngeal cancer related to HPV,” urologist Dudley Danoff, author of The Ultimate Guide to Male Sexual Health and the founder of the Cedars Sinai Urology Group in Los Angeles, told MEL by email.