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Self sampling followed by HPV testing could help to identify more than twice as many women at risk of developing cervical cancer and offer preventive treatment has been suggested by researchers at Uppsala University in a study that was the first of its kind to compare 2 ways of identifying cervical cancer as published in …
HPV16 is responsible for most human papillomavirus related cancers in men. After a one year period men are up to 20 times more likely to become infected with the same type of human papillomavirus. This same effect was seen in men who reported being celibate and sexually active, as published in the Proceedings of the …
The University of Texas Health Science Center has conducted a new study showing that men that have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk for acquiring the HPV virus as published in the Journal Of Infectious Diseases. The HPV virus has been found in female virgins involved in previous studies, this is …
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention has published a study, possibly the first of its kind, stating that vaccination and cautious waiting are not the only recourse against HPV infection. The objective was to find a safe and effective therapeutic method of treatment for remedy of previously established cervical papillomavirus. Asian Pacific Journal of …