Oncology & Cancer

Oral cancer-causing HPV may spread through oral and genital routes

Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infections were more common among men who had female partners with oral and/or genital HPV infection, suggesting that the transmission of HPV occurs via oral-oral and oral-genital routes, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

HPV vaccine not protective against recurrent warts in men

(HealthDay)—The current quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine does not have a significant impact on the recurrence of genital warts in men exposed to HPV infection, according to research published in the November ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

High alcohol intake linked to heightened HPV infection risk in men

A high alcohol intake is linked to a heightened risk of human papillomavirus infection among men, suggests research in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The findings seem to be independent of other risk factors ...

Oncology & Cancer

Cervical cancer symptoms not recognised by young women

(Medical Xpress)—New research led by King's College London suggests that many women under 30 with cervical cancer are diagnosed more than 3 months after first having symptoms. In many cases this was because they did not ...

Oncology & Cancer

Why we should vaccinate boys against HPV as well as girls

Gillian Prue, from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University of Belfast, says that the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is common in men and can lead to genital warts and the development of some head and ...

Oncology & Cancer

Anal cancer rates quadrupled since mid 70s

(Medical Xpress)—Anal cancer rates in the UK have increased by nearly 300 per cent over the last 40 years, according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK.

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