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Relationship between Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cancer
Some types of human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause cancer in different parts of the human body.
High-risk HPV infections, which persist for a long time, sometimes cause cancer in the parts of the body where HPV infects cells.
The cancers most commonly associated with HPV infection are:
- Cancer of the cervix
HPV causes almost all cervical cancer and is the most common cancer caused by these viruses. Regular screening tests prevent most of these cancers by finding and removing precancerous cells before they become cancerous.
- Oropharyngeal cancer
Most of these cancers that arise in the throat (usually the tonsils or the back of the tongue) are caused by HPV.
- Anal cancer
This cancer is caused by HPV in more than 90% of cases, each year the number of new cases and deaths from anal cancer increases, being more common in women than in men.
- Penile cancer
HPVs are the cause of most penile cancers.
- Vaginal cancer
HPV causes most vaginal cancers.
- Vulvar cancer
HPV causes most vulvar cancers.
Worldwide, HPV-related cancers are on the rise, with high-risk HPVs causing 5% of all cancers. It is that 570,000 women and 60,000 men have an HPV-related cancer each year. Se calcula que 570 000 mujeres y 60 000 hombres tienen un cáncer relacionado con VPH cada año.
Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers and one of the principal causes of cancer related to death in low and middle income countries, where screening for detection and treatment of early cervical cell changes of the uterus are scarcely available and the culture of prevention has not been strengthened.
Link de referencia:
https://www.who.int/es/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cervical-cancer
