Results highlight the importance of HPV vaccination and early detection in high-risk groups.
MedPage Today news story
People with HIV and solid organ transplant recipients were significantly more likely to develop HPV-associated anal, penile, vulvar, and cervical cancers, according to a Swedish retrospective case-control study.
Compared with age- and sex-matched controls in the general population, people with HIV were over four times more likely to develop any HPV-related cancer (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.50, 95% CI 3.46-5.84), reported Christina Carlander, MD, PhD, of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues.
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Source : MedPage Today
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