Oncology & Cancer

Better prognosis with surgery for HPV-linked oropharyngeal SCC

(HealthDay)—Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) have higher five-year overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) rates after surgery alone, according ...

Oncology & Cancer

Risk of HPV-linked second cancers up after anal cancer

(HealthDay)—Survivors of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) have an elevated risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related second primary malignancies (SPMs), according to a study published online June 13 in Cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

Smoking, T4 tumors up distant mets in HPV+ oropharyngeal CA

(HealthDay)—For patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer, active smokers and those with T4 tumors have increased rates of distant metastases, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Increase in HPV prevalence seen after renal transplant in women

(HealthDay)—An increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence after renal transplantation (RT) may result from reactivation of latent HPV infections in women, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in the American ...

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