HPV test alone OK for cervical cancer screening over 30: expert panel
(HealthDay)—An influential U.S. panel of health experts is boosting support for the HPV test as a routine part of cervical cancer screening.
View ArticleScreening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing detects a higher number of precancerous cervical lesions than cytology-based Pap smears in a female population including a proportion offered HPV vaccination,...
View ArticleHPV vaccine associated with improved fertility in some women
More than 40 percent of American teens are now getting vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). But, despite HPV infection being associated with reduced semen quality and lower pregnancy rates,...
View ArticleLink between sexually transmitted virus and underweight babies
Women carrying the sexually transmitted HPV infection prior to two years of giving birth are 50 per cent more likely to have a tiny baby, new research shows.
View ArticleStudy outlines recommendations for precancerous treatment of anal lesions
Currently, no guidelines exist for screening and treatment of precancerous anal lesions or for anal cancer screening because enough is not known about the effectiveness of treating lesions detected...
View ArticleHow the anal cancer epidemic in gay and bi HIV-positive men can be prevented
Almost 620,000 gay and bisexual men in the United States were living with HIV in 2014, and 100,000 of these men were not even aware of their infection. These men are 100 times more likely to have anal...
View ArticleWomen with suspected HPV adverse effects more often suffered from psychiatric...
New research from Aarhus University shows that women who are referred to an HPV centre more often have had psychiatric medicine prescribed or been hospitalised for psychiatric conditions up to five...
View ArticleBy decoding how HPV causes cancer, researchers find a new potential treatment...
A study that teases apart the biological mechanisms by which human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cancer has found what researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say is a new strategy that...
View ArticleBlood test for HPV may help predict risk in cancer patients
A blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat cancer linked to the sexually transmitted virus will respond to treatment, according to...
View ArticlePrevalence of oral HPV infection higher for U.S. men
(HealthDay)—Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and high-risk oral HPV infection are more common among men than women, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in the Annals of Internal...
View ArticleHPV vaccine safe for adult women: study
(HealthDay)—Vaccines that ward off the cancer-linked human papillomavirus (HPV) are safe for adult women, according to a study of more than 3 million Scandinavians.
View ArticleRisk for developing HPV-related throat cancer low
The prevalence of throat (oropharyngeal) cancers caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV) has increased in recent decades, and some groups are much more likely than others to have the oral HPV...
View ArticleOncogenic oral HPV DNA detected in 3.5 percent of adults
(HealthDay)—Men have a higher prevalence of oncogenic oral human papillomavirus (HPV) than women, and prevalence increases with the number of lifetime oral sexual partners and tobacco use, according to...
View ArticleFor college men, low awareness of HPV risk—Education may help increase...
Male collegiate athletes have high rates of risk factors for infection with the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV), but have low HPV vaccination rates and low awareness of their personal health...
View ArticleHPV vaccination and test reduce cancer risk by more than 90%
Every year there are around 400 new cases of cervical cancer and a total of approximately 800 cancers associated with HPV (human papilloma virus). Two measures could reverse this trend: the nonavalent...
View ArticleIUDs may have a surprising benefit: Protection against cervical cancer
Considered a safe and highly effective contraception method, intrauterine devices (IUDs) may also be quietly offering protection against the third-most common cancer in women worldwide. A new study...
View ArticleHPV vaccine linked to drop in cases of rare childhood disease
(HealthDay)—The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, first developed to help guard against cervical cancer, also seems to protect against a rare, chronic childhood respiratory disease, a new study...
View ArticleHPV jab means women only need 3 cervical screens in a lifetime
Women may only need three cervical screens in their lifetime if they have been given the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Cancer...
View ArticleHPV testing is better than the Pap test at detecting cervical cancer
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing in addition to the Pap smear is unlikely to detect cancer cases that wouldn't be...
View ArticleRisk of CIN3 drops with negative HPV, cytology co-tests
(HealthDay)—The five-year risks of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3), adenocarcinoma in situ, and cervical cancer (≥CIN3) decrease after each successive negative human papillomavirus...
View ArticleHPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it's given
A decade of data on hundreds of boys and girls who received the HPV vaccine indicates the vaccine is safe and effective long term in protecting against the most virulent strains of the virus,...
View Article5 things you should know about cervical cancer
(HealthDay)—A little knowledge can go a long way in the fight against cervical cancer.
View ArticleScreening for cervical cancer to be revolutionised with HPV testing
Groundbreaking technology patented by University of Sydney researchers will be used in the new National Cervical Screening Program to be implemented in Australia from 1 December 2017.
View ArticleMen with HPV are 20 times more likely to be reinfected after one year
A new analysis of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) in men shows that infection with one HPV type strongly increases the risk of reinfection with the same type. In fact, men who are infected with the...
View ArticleStudy finds that male virgins can still acquire HPV
Men who have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk for acquiring HPV, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers at The University of...
View ArticleOpportunities to vaccinate young women against HPV missed at alarming rate
Two-thirds of young women aged 18-26 who were eligible to receive Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine have missed at least one opportunity to receive the vaccine during a visit to an obstetrics and...
View ArticleMore dentists to discuss risks of HPV-related cancers with their patients
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease. While vaccines are helping stop its spread, HPV is still the cause of 72 percent of oropharyngeal cancers, which impact...
View ArticleFacts women and men should know about cervical cancer
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month and the message from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention is that "no woman should die from cervical cancer."
View ArticleHPV may lurk in your throat
Human papilloma virus (HPV), the culprit behind cervical cancer and some forms of head and neck cancer may hide in small pockets on the surface of tonsils in people not known to carry the virus. The...
View ArticleHPV prevalence 4.9 percent in tonsil tissue of healthy adults
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and of high-risk HPV type 16 or 18 is 4.9 and 3.9 percent, respectively, in the tonsil tissue of healthy adults, according to a study published...
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