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We owe it to our sons to protect them against human papilloma virus – the new oral cancer peril

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Author: Professor Lawrence Young The seemingly unstoppable rise of throat and mouth cancers over the past two decades has left experts baffled and deeply concerned. These are truly horrible diseases. More than 15,000 new patients are diagnosed each year in Britain alone and almost 8,000 die from the most common type, cancer of [...]

Revealed: oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

Monday, February 21, 2011

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Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Author: staff A virus spread during oral sex is now the main cause of throat cancer in people under 50, scientists have warned. They say the human papilloma virus spread during unprotected sex is to blame for a disturbing rise in potentially deadly oral cancers in the last few decades. Doctors have called [...]

Quadrivalent HPV vaccine may be effective in young men

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Source: www.medscape.org Author: Laurie Barclay, MD; Charles P. Vega, MD Quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may prevent infection with HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 and the development of related external genital lesions in young men 16 to 26 years old, according to the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial reported in the [...]

HPV: To test or not to test

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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Source: www.rdhmag.com Author: Nancy W. Burkhart, RDH, EdD The dental practitioner has a responsibility to examine and assess the oral tissue status of all patients. Usually, we are happy to report that the tissue is healthy and no further treatment is necessary. Ethically, our role in assessment is both an understood practice as well as [...]

High-risk human papillomavirus in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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Source: cebp.aacrjournals.org Authors: Annika Antonsson et al Background: Although most cases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in western populations have been attributed to high levels of exposure to tobacco and alcohol, infectious agents have been postulated as possible causes, particularly human papillomavirus (HPV). Methods: To explore this issue, we analyzed HPV DNA prevalence and [...]

Human papilloma virus (HPV) and cancer

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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Source: ezinearticles.com Author: David Warmflash, MD Human papilloma virus (HPV), is a category of viruses of which more than seventy subtypes are known. Most people have heard of HPV, because the media have spent a good deal of time discussing the issue of mandatory vaccination against the virus. The discussion in the news is well-deserved. [...]

HPV testing following excisional therapy for cervical neoplasia can identify high-risk patients: presented at IPC

Friday, July 16, 2010

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Source: www.docguide.com Author: Louise Gagnon About one-quarter of women continue to have high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) after excisional therapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2/3, a study presented here at the 26th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPC) has found. Women with CIN are at increased risk for developing invasive cervical cancer, and persistent infection of high-risk [...]

Immune cells may guide therapy for oropharyngeal cancer

Sunday, May 16, 2010

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Source: www.medpagetoday.com Author: Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Higher pretreatment levels of cytotoxic T lymphocytes may help identify patients with head and neck cancer who have a favorable prognosis and require less aggressive treatment, according to a study reported here. A higher proportion of CD8 cells predicted improved survival in patients with oropharyngeal cancer [...]

Needed: HPV vaccine, simple screening test, for women and men

Friday, March 19, 2010

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Source: jhu.edu/~gazette Author: Valerie Mehl, Johns Hopkins Medicine A call to explore a broader use of human papillomavirus vaccines and the validation of a simple oral screening test for HPV-caused oral cancers are reported in two studies by an investigator at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Leading HPV expert Maura Gillison, [...]

Oral sex can add to risk of HPV positive cancers

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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Source: www.time.com Author: Coco Masters Oral sex can get most men’s attention. The topic becomes considerably more relevant, however, when coupled with a new study linking the human papillomavirus (HPV) to an increased risk of a kind of oral cancer more often seen in men. The study, which appears in this week’s New England Journal [...]

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