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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. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, types 16 and 18 are responsible for over 70% of cervical cancers. [198] Overall rates of HPV-associated invasive cancers may be increasing. Between 1994 and 2014, there was a 2% increase in the rate of HPV-associated invasive cancers per year for both sexes in Ireland. [197]

  4. HPV vaccine - Wikipedia

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    According to an article published 16 September 2015 in The Lancet, which reviewed the safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity of VGX-3100 in a double-blind, randomized controlled trial (phase 2b) targeting HPV-16 and HPV-18 E6 and E7 proteins for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3, it is the first therapeutic vaccine to show efficacy against ...

  5. HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer - Wikipedia

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    HPV-OPC decreased with decreasing smoking rates from 1988 to 2004, while HPV+OPC increased by almost 7.5% per year from about 16% of all cases of OPC in the early 1980s to almost 70% in 2004. [ 225 ] [ 242 ] The decline in smoking may be linked to the decreasing proportion of HPV negative cancers, while changes in sexual activity may be ...

  6. Cervical cancer - Wikipedia

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    [22]: 668 The vaccines are between 92% and 100% effective against HPV 16 and 18 up to at least 8 years. [50] HPV vaccines are typically given to age 9 to 26, as the vaccine is most effective if given before infection occurs. The primary target group in most of the countries recommending HPV vaccination is young adolescent girls, aged 9-14. [16]

  7. HPV vaccination rates have been climbing for a decade. In ...

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    For the first time in 10 years, the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiation did not increase among teenagers, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

  8. Gardasil - Wikipedia

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    The HPV strains that Gardasil protects against are sexually transmitted, [14] specifically HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18. [15] [16] HPV types 16 and 18 cause an estimated 70% of cervical cancers, [17] [18] and are responsible for most HPV-induced anal, [19] vulvar, vaginal, [20] and penile cancer cases. [19]

  9. At-home testing for cancer-causing HPV helps further improve ...

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    There’s now another leap forward that stands to even further improve cervical cancer rates: at-home HPV testing that makes it more convenient and simpler to screen for cancer-causing strains of HPV.