What you need to know about the cancer-fighting HPV vaccine | NYGazet

Public awareness about the link between human papillomavirus, or HPV, and cancer is low. A doctor explains why its lifesaving properties matter.

A pediatrician prepares a shot of the HPV vaccine for a patient. - Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe/Getty Images/File Imagine if there were a vaccine for breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer or any of the most wel... [5900 chars]