Ep1 - Meet Brad.For a large part of 2012, my friend Brad complained on and off about a sore throat and earache. On the Friday night before Christmas 2012, I spent six hours in an operating theatre with him as a surgical team removed an HPV-induced cancer from his throat and tongue, and removed the lymph glands in one side of his neck. HPV is responsible for several cancers in men - throat, anus, penis amongst them. HPV vaccination was made part of the Australian vaccination program for girls in 2007, and boys in 2013. Australia now leads the world in the reduction of HPV-induced cancers, including cervical cancer.