MAY 24, 2024 by Carla K. Johnson A doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2006. Research published Thursday, May 23, 2024, by the American Society of Clinical Oncology suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing throat cancer in men, as well as cervical cancer in women,...
by Matt Windsor, University of Alabama at Birmingham Wendy Landier, Ph.D. Credit: Frank Couch New research by investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Emory University is the first to report that the two widely used vaccines against human papillomavirus, or HPV, are safe and generally well tolerated by cancer survivors. The researchers...
Cervical cancer, which is caused by HPV—a common sexually transmitted infection—is preventable with reliable and safe vaccines. Cervical cancer cases plummeted among British women who received a vaccination against the human papillomavirus, according to a study published Thursday. In comparing cervical cancer and precancer rates before and after an HPV immunization program was introduced in...
by Wiley Electron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HPV) which occurs in human warts. Credit: public domain New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today provides further information on the benefits and harms of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and vaccine schedules in young women and men. HPV is the most common viral infection of...
