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BY Meagan Raeke

Despite the fact that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been available in the U.S. for over 10 years and remains the only vaccine to protect against multiple types of cancer, several recent studies show that public knowledge about the vaccine and HPV’s relationship to cancer remains low.

HPV is responsible for 90% of cervical and anal cancers, and 70% of oropharyngeal (throat) cancers.

The first-generation HPV...

Three studies show lack of awareness about the tie between HPV, various cancers and cancer prevention through the HPV vaccine.

BY Meagan Raeke

A study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that the prevalence of the types of oral human papillomavirus...

BY Clayton R. Boldt, Ph.D.

Despite the availability of vaccines that could prevent the majority of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), the incidence of...

BY Clayton Boldt, Ph.D.

This fall, experts from MD Anderson, the American Dental Association (ADA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Chicago Medicine will host an educational symposium focused on the prevention, detection and management of oropharyngeal (throat) cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

The symposium comes as a result of the novel partnership MD Anderson and the ADA established to improve oral...

symposium on HPV-related throat cancer

BY Clayton Boldt, Ph.D.

According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescent vaccination rates for the human...

BY Laura Sussman

The good news is death rates continue to decline for the most common types of cancer, including lung, colon, breast and prostate.

The...