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  2. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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    Screening has reduced both the number of cases and the number of deaths from cervical cancer. [16] Genital warts can be removed by freezing. [5] Nearly every sexually active individual is infected by HPV at some point in their lives. [4] HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI), globally. [5]

  3. Cervix - Wikipedia

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    Cervical infections with the human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause changes in the epithelium, which can lead to cancer of the cervix. Cervical cytology tests can detect cervical cancer and its precursors, and enable early successful treatment. Ways to avoid HPV include avoiding heterosexual sex, using penile condoms, and receiving the HPV ...

  4. HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer awareness and prevention

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    Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal cancer awareness and prevention is a vital concept from a public and community health perspective. HPV is the sexually transmitted virus that is known to be the cause of genital warts. There are currently more than 100 different strains of HPV, half of which can cause genital infections. [1]

  5. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - Wikipedia

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    The cause of CIN is chronic infection of the cervix with HPV, especially infection with high-risk HPV types 16 or 18. It is thought that the high-risk HPV infections have the ability to inactivate tumor suppressor genes such as the p53 gene and the RB gene, thus allowing the infected cells to grow unchecked and accumulate successive mutations, eventually leading to cancer.

  6. Colposcopy - Wikipedia

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    The main goal of colposcopy is to prevent cervical cancer by detecting and treating precancerous lesions early. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common infection and the underlying cause for most cervical cancers. Smoking also makes developing cervical abnormalities more likely.

  7. HPV-related cervical cancer increasing in some women, new ...

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    HPV, the human papillomavirus, causes six types of cancer, including cervical cancer. Among women aged 20 to 24, cervical cancer incidence dropped by 65% from 2012 to 2019, according to a report ...

  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. Papillomaviridae - Wikipedia

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    Papillomaviridae is a family of non-enveloped DNA viruses whose members are known as papillomaviruses. [1] Several hundred species of papillomaviruses, traditionally referred to as "types", [2] have been identified infecting all carefully inspected mammals, [2] but also other vertebrates such as birds, snakes, turtles and fish.