{"id":160211,"date":"2025-11-26T07:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/160211\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T07:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:05:07","slug":"oxford-trained-gynaecologist-reveals-all-about-cancer-preventing-hpv-vaccine-men-should-also-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/160211\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford-trained gynaecologist reveals all about cancer-preventing HPV vaccine: \u2018Men should also take\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although multiple types of cancer continue to claim lives every year, there is one, which can be prevented through a vaccine. Dr Tanaya Narendra, commonly known on Instagram as Dr Cuterus, is an Oxford University-trained doctor and embryologist. On Tuesday, she shared a post in which she explained what kind of vaccine boosts resistance of cancers caused by HPV, mainly cervical cancer.<\/p>\n

\"Dr Dr Tanaya urges men to take the vaccine too as it prevents cancer in their penis, anus and even mouth.(Unsplash\/representational) <\/p>\n

Dr Tanaya keeps sharing posts about sexual and reproductive health. Her recent post was also on a similar topic. She said that although cancer caused by HPV is the only curable type of cancer<\/a>, it is the second most common type among Indian women, which claims several lives every year.<\/p>\n

Shedding light on the awareness of the disease, she further explained that men and women, between 9 and 45 years of age can take the vaccine<\/a> to keep HPV causing cancers at bay.<\/p>\n

What is an HPV vaccine?<\/p>\n

HPV or human papillomavirus vaccine develops resistance against a group of viruses that cause multiple types of cancers including genital cancer. Cervical cancer<\/a> is the most common type of cancer caused by HPV.<\/p>\n

In cervical cancer, the disease affects the cervix or the lower end of the uterus.<\/p>\n

What kind of HPV vaccine should you take?<\/p>\n

Dr Tanaya advised to opt for Cervavac for those taking the shot between 9 and 26 years of age. Cervavac is a vaccine that is made in India and costs around \u20b92000 per dose.<\/p>\n

Those between 9 and 46 years of age can opt for Cervavac or Gardasil 4 or Gardasil 9.<\/p>\n

Gardasil is manufactured in the United States, making it a bit expensive than Cervavac. Gardasil 4 is priced around \u20b94500, while Gardasil 9 costs around \u20b910,000.<\/p>\n

Those below the age of 15 should take two doses of HPV vaccine and ones beyond this age should take three doses.<\/p>\n

Men should also opt for HPV vaccine<\/p>\n

Men can also opt for HPV vaccine doses. They might not be victims of cervical cancer, but cancer-causing HPV, can also develop inside genital organs.<\/p>\n

For men, HPV can potentially cause cancer in penis, anus or even their mouth.<\/p>\n

Irrespective of gender or sexual activity, Dr Tanaya urges everyone to go ahead and get a shot of HPV vaccine to lead a healthy life.<\/p>\n

Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. It is based on user-generated content from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although multiple types of cancer continue to claim lives every year, there is one, which can be prevented…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[89751,19587,89753,89752,103,44541,61,60],"class_list":["post-160211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-cervavac","tag-cervical-cancer","tag-cervical-cancer-vaccine","tag-gardasil","tag-health","tag-hpv","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}