OB-GYN and Family Planning Blogs by Chesney Thompson

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Dr. Chesney Thompson is the chief of the general Obstetrics/Gynecology division of University of Colorado.

Dr. Thompson provides complete obstetrics & gynecological services, including abnormal pap smears, sexually transmitted infection & HPV in Aurora.

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HPV Vaccine: Why Women Aren’t Preventing Cervical Cancer

August 4, 2014

By Chesney Thompson, MD

Dr. Chesney Thompson says the HPV vaccine is available, safe and the numbers are very compelling for its efficaciousness. Yet in 2012, only a third of teenage girls had taken the required three doses. Why the resistance?