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  2. What an HPV Diagnosis Really Means - AOL

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    The highest-risk types are HPV 16 and 18; these are responsible for the vast majority of HPV-related cancers, including cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, anus, and head and neck.

  3. Cervical cancer - Wikipedia

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    1951: First successful in-vitro cell line, HeLa, derived from biopsy of cervical cancer of Henrietta Lacks. 1976: Harald zur Hausen and Gisam found HPV DNA in cervical cancer and genital warts; Hausen later won the Nobel Prize for his work. [157] 1988: Bethesda System for reporting Pap results was developed. 2006: First HPV vaccine was approved ...

  4. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - Wikipedia

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    A test for HPV called the Digene HPV test is highly accurate and serves as both a direct diagnosis and adjuvant to the Pap smear, which is a screening device that allows for an examination of cells but not tissue structure, needed for diagnosis. A colposcopy with directed biopsy is the

  5. Cervical Cancer Screening Includes New Self-Collection Method ...

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    For the first time, cervical cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force include self-collection of HPV samples for females starting at age 30, which could help make ...

  6. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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    Cervical cancer was the most frequent HPV-associated cancer with on average 292 cases per year (74% of the female total, and 54% of the overall total of HPV-associated cancers). [197] A study of 996 cervical cytology samples in an Irish urban female, opportunistically screened population, found an overall HPV prevalence of 19.8%, HPV 16 at 20% ...

  7. 5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives - AOL

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    To reduce the risk of cervical cancer deaths, Siegel recommends getting the Pap test and the HPV vaccine, ... "PSA is a tool to guide you and not an automatic biopsy. MRI, biopsy, robotic surgery ...

  8. Koilocyte - Wikipedia

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    ThinPrep pap smear with group of normal cervical cells on left and HPV-infected cells showing features typical of koilocytes: enlarged (x2 or x3) nuclei and hyperchromasia. A koilocyte is a squamous epithelial cell that has undergone a number of structural changes, which occur as a result of infection of the cell by human papillomavirus (HPV). [1]

  9. FDA approves HPV self-collecting test kit, expanding cervical ...

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    The FDA has given the green light to a self-collection solution to test for HPV, making it one of the easiest options available in the U.S. for identifying those at risk of cervical cancer.