Human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States, sometimes affects the tongue, mouth, and/or throat. This is known as oral HPV. In most cases, ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States, sometimes affects the tongue, mouth, and/or throat. This is known as oral HPV. It often doesn ...

The HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine helps prevent cervical cancer by protecting against high-risk strains of the virus ...

Oropharyngeal cancer: HPV is a major cause of cancers in the throat, tonsils, and tongue (oropharyngeal cancers). These cancers are becoming increasingly common in men due to oral HPV transmission.

Oftentimes, oropharyngeal cancer—that affects the soft palate, side and back walls of the throat, back third of the tongue, and the tonsils—is lumped under this term, too. Tobacco and alcohol use are ...

A new survey uncovers alarming misconceptions about HPV, a virus more common in men than women and a key driver of rising throat and tongue cancers. Many remain unaware of its dangers, but experts ...

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In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the HPV vaccine to prevent even more cancers: head and neck cancers, like those in the back of the throat or base of the tongue.

“Contrary to the public’s perception that HPV is only liked to cervical cancer, the virus is also linked to rising rates of base of tongue [and] throat cancer, [and] penile and anal cancers ...

The survey also found that nearly half of the respondents were unaware that HPV is linked to cancers beyond cervical cancer. The virus is now associated with cancers of the tonsils, tongue ...

There also have been rapidly rising rates of HPV-related tonsil and tongue base cancers, noted Dr. Matthew Old, a head and neck surgeon with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.