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2. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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   High-risk HPVs cause cancer and consist of about twelve identified types. [10] Types 16 and 18 are responsible for causing most of HPV-caused cancers. These high-risk HPVs cause 5% of the cancers in the world. In the United States, high-risk HPVs cause 3% of all cancer cases in women and 2% in men. [87]

3. HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer - Wikipedia

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   HPV-associated cancers are caused by high-risk strains of HPV, mainly HPV-16 and HPV-18. [35] HPV is a small non-enveloped DNA virus of the papillomavirus family. Its genome encodes the early (E) oncoproteins E5, E6 and E7 and the late (L) capsid proteins L1 and L2.

4. 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.

5. Cervical cancer screening rates are dropping. Here's why that ...

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   There are three main ways to screen for cervical cancer: A human papillomavirus (HPV) test that looks for cells from high-risk HPV types that can cause cervical cancer; a Pap test and an HPV/Pap ...

6. GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6 ... - AOL

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   High-risk HPV types 16 and 18 cause about 75 percent of cervical cancers, 70 percent of vaginal cancers, 40 to 50 percent of vulvar cancers and 80 percent of anal cancers.

7. 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 ...