While human papillomavirus (HPV) is most notable for its involvement in cervical cancer, 1 it should also be understood that HPV lesions are commonly found in the oral cavity as well. Several studies ...

CHICAGO (February 18, 2009) - Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types and is the most common sexually transmitted virus. The American ...

Data sources Sources used were MEDLINE (January 1980–August 1998) and bibliographies of review articles. Study selection Studies included were case reports and clinical series that used biochemical, ...

The low rate of high-risk oral human papillomavirus (HPV) found among adult patients in a pilot study conducted by researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is comparable to those of ...

Q: What are the issues I have been hearing about regarding an increase in oral cancer and HPV? A: Some famous patients have brought this subject into the media over the last decade: Eddie Van Halen, ...

Approaching the topic of orogenital transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV) with a woman presenting with a persistent cervicovaginal HPV infection is more problematic than it may seem. To not ...

Women who took an oral probiotic — Lactobacillus crispatus M247 —were more likely to clear HPV and HPV-associated cytologic abnormalities than those who did not. The investigators randomly assigned ...

Infections with a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) cause 99 percent of cervical cancer cases, and the disease's first sign is often the appearance of precancerous lesions on a woman's cervix. But bacteria ...

Several case histories have been reported in the literature, with the prevalence of HPV DNA detection in cancers ranging from 0% to 100%, depending on the population, combination of topographies, type ...