Three-Fold Higher Risk Esophageal Cancer Rises With HPV
Submitted by: Lewisville/Flower Mound Oncology Group
2013-09-03 00:01:26
HPV Linked to Three-Fold Higher Risk of Esophageal Cancer.
(OPENPRESS) Lewisville, Texas, USA — HPV Linked to Three-Fold Higher Risk of Esophageal Cancer.
According to a study in human body the presence of papillomavirus (HPV) DNA is linked with a three-fold higher risk of esophageal cancer. Researchers found that 35% of OSCC samples contained HPV DNA, signifying a considerably risk of increment in OSCC with the presence of HPV this interlinking was heavy in regions with low to medium OSCC incidence in compare to the regions with high OSCC. This further adds to the support of HPV vaccination as a cancer-preventing vaccine for all children, to expand the preventive targets of the vaccine.
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