The President’s Cancer Panel Highlights Urgency of Increasing HPV Vaccine Uptake

The President’s Cancer Panel released a report demonstrating the urgency of increasing HPV vaccine uptake. In its letter to President Obama, the panel states that increasing HPV vaccine uptake is one of the most profound opportunities in cancer prevention today and outlines three critical goals to make this happen in the US:

1. Reduce missed clinical opportunities to recommend and administer HPV vaccines
2. Increase parents’, caregivers’, and adolescents’ acceptance of HPV vaccines
3. Maximize access to HPV vaccination services

Read more on the report from the President’s Cancer Panel here: http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/HPV/index.htm#sthash.Aa79u2yB.dpbs