Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early vaccination key to preventing HPV
Nearly half of adolescents aren't receiving a pair of vaccines to prevent a virus many of them will get.
Mar 16, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Self-sampling identifies twice as many women at risk of cervical cancer
Using self-sampling followed by HPV testing, more than twice as many women at risk of developing cervical cancer could be identified and offered preventive treatment. This is shown by researchers at Uppsala University in ...
Feb 15, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HPV 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 online Jan. 25 in ...
Feb 7, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Facts 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."
Jan 22, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Reducing Tx may harm safety in early HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)+ stage I or II oropharyngeal cancer, deintensification of treatment from chemoradiotherapy to one modality may compromise safety, according to a study published online ...
Dec 27, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Men 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 type responsible for ...
Dec 5, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Caught in the act: Papillomaviruses promote non-melanoma skin cancer
UV radiation has been known for a long time to be a risk factor for the development of skin cancer. Simultaneous infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV) has also been suspected to promote skin cancer, particularly in ...
Nov 30, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Sex, race, age disparities in survival for HPV-linked cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers, there are large disparities in survival based on sex, race, and age, according to a study published online Nov. 6 in Cancer.
Nov 28, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HPV 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.
Oct 18, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
HPV 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, there is still public ...
Sep 19, 2017
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