HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with 50 percent of all sexually active individuals becoming infected with the virus in their lifetime. In the same way that genital HPV is ...

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.

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 ...

Interviewer: If you're listening to this podcast, it's because you want to learn more about the HPV virus and the cancer that causes it and probably more specifically because you've heard that it's ...

Interviewer: You've been told by your doctor that you have a type of cancer that was caused by the HPV virus and it's in your head and your neck. We're going to talk about an HPV head and neck cancer ...

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital have developed a blood test, or liquid biopsy, for head and neck cancer associated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) that was shown in ...

“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.

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.

People with head and neck cancers with evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection generally have a better prognosis than people without evidence of infection. A new study in JAMA Oncology ...

Head and neck cancers start in the cells that line these parts of the body. Find out what causes it, what the symptoms are, and how to treat it. ... HPV test; Endoscopy ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Four years ago, I was treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. One year later my tongue was removed. The chief surgeon told me the cancer had HPV “markers,” which I ...

New research shows a blood test for HPV-associated head and neck cancer was more accurate, faster and cheaper than conventional methods including tissue biopsy. The study found the blood test or ...