Oral HPV infection, HPV-related cancers more common in
menJanuary 26th, 2012 in Cancer / Oral HPV infection is more
common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone
than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer,
according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and
Neck Cancer Symposium. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, has
recently been linked to some types of head and neck cancer that
are becoming more prominent in the United States, mostly among
men. Patients infected with oral HPV type 16 have a 14 times
greater risk of developing one of these cancers, which usually
form on the tonsils and at the back of the tongue. The
correlation between HPV and oral cancer was only established in
2007, so it is not well understood how to detect or prevent
these cancers. Researchers sought to understand how prevalent
oral HPV is in the U.S. and to understand the factors associated
with infection. Data was collected from 5,579 men and women who
participated in the National Health and Nut