[Eagle Eye]

Ok, just going by what the FDA says....

FDA licensed Gardasil, the first vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer, abnormal and precancerous cervical lesions, abnormal and precancerous vaginal and vulvar lesions and genital warts. Gardasil is a recombinant vaccine and is effective against HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18, and is approved for use in females http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/QuestionsaboutVaccines/ucm096052.htmages 9-26 years.

If our sources disagree, that doesn't make either of us a liar.

[reasonisfaith]

Let me clue the FDA in: you should say that it “helps in the prevention of cervical cancer.”

Drinking water could be said to help to prevent the disease, because drinking water improves the immune system.

[DJ MacWoW]

It doesn't matter what the FDA says. What matters is that Merck is careful in it's claims. My link was to their site.

And there is more info.

CDC HPV-Associated Cancers Statistics

In general, HPV is thought to be responsible for about—

* 90% of anal cancers.
* 65% of vaginal cancers.
* 50% of vulvar cancers.
* 35% of penile cancers.

Recent studies show that about 60% of oropharyngeal cancers (cancers of the back of the throat, including the base of the tongue and tonsils) are linked to HPV

Anal cancer? And what group would that be?

The incidence of cervical cancer has plummeted since pap smears were used. That's on the CDC's site. Those that die of cervical cancer are usually women who did not get regular pap smears.