One of the types that causes most cervical cancers, called HPV16, is also linked with most HPV-related head and neck cancers. When HPV infects cells, it causes them to physically change.

While cases of HPV-related head and neck cancer are increasing, the outlook is more likely to be positive — particularly when the cancer is detected early.

“Preventing HPV-related head and neck cancer begins with understanding how the virus spreads. HPV transmission occurs primarily through sexual contact, including oral-genital and oral-anal contact.

A major international trial published in The Lancet Oncology has looked at studies from 13 head and neck cancer centers from nine countries around the world. Using the data of 7,895 patients, a ...

The HPV vaccine is linked to a drastic reduction in head and neck cancers in adolescent boys and men, new research finds. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a sexually transmitted infection ...

Although HPV's risks are more widely known to affect women, the virus also accounts for up to 70% of head and neck cancers in men. These cancers are more than twice as common in men than women and ...

Additionally, HPV can cause other cancers in both males and females. In males, it can lead to head, neck, anal, and penile ...

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The researchers compared the rates of HPV-linked cancers — including head and neck, anal, penile, and cervical cancers — in people who had received the HPV vaccine to those who hadn’t.

Glenn Moog didn't know much about HPV cancer — until he was diagnosed with it. The 59-year-old husband, father and realtor from Worthington had a swollen lymph node on his neck that kept getting ...

The HPV vaccine is linked to a drastic reduction in head and neck cancers in adolescent boys and men, new research finds. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a sexually transmitted infection ...