HPV May Be Linked To Higher Risk Of Head And Neck Cancer.

NBC News (1/21, Fox) reports on its website that research suggests “the human papillomavirus (HPV) raises the chances someone will get head and neck cancer by at least sevenfold and maybe much more.” The findings were published in JAMA Oncology.

        Oncology Nurse Advisor (1/21, Hoffman) reports that the investigators found that “detection of oral human papillomavirus 16 (HPV-16) was associated with an approximately 22 times higher risk for developing oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).”

        But, Healio (1/21, Kelsall) reports, “this association did not persist for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma...or for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.”