“We also found that earlier introduction seems to make HPV vaccine conversations shorter and easier,” Sean T. O’Leary, professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, told attendees. “Clinicians currently recommending HPV vaccine at 11 or older should consider earlier introduction, and policymakers should consider a preferential recommendation for earlier introduction of HPV vaccine at 9-10 years.”