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The main article for this is [[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine HPV vaccine]] on Wikipedia.
The main article for this is [[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine HPV vaccine]] on Wikipedia.


Infection with HPV is associated with many penile cancers.  A quadri-valent vaccine ([[Gardasil]]) to prevent infection by the four most common variants of HPV has been developed, successfully tested, and approved by the US [[Food and Drug Administration]] for females between the ages of 9 and 26, and as of 2009, males between the ages of 16 and 26.<ref name="Nature Reviews Drug Discovery">{{REFjournal
Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV} is associated with many penile cancers.  A quadri-valent vaccine ([[Gardasil]]) to prevent infection by the four most common variants of HPV has been developed, successfully tested, and approved by the US [[Food and Drug Administration]] for females between the ages of 9 and 26, and as of 2009, males between the ages of 16 and 26.<ref name="Nature Reviews Drug Discovery">{{REFjournal
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