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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends cervical cancer screening with cervical cytology alone every three years or screening with high-risk human papillomavirus testing alone every five years in women ages 30 to 65 years. These findings form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online Sept. 12 by the USPSTF.

USPSTF Backs Cervical Cancer Screening With Cytology or hrHPV

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Recommendations for screening with cytology alone every three years or hrHPV testing every five years
From 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 there was a decrease in the prevalence of vaccine-type human papillomavirus among unvaccinated young women aged 18 to 26 years

Vaccine-Type HPV Rates Down for Unvaccinated Young Women

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Significant decrease among unvaccinated women aged 18 to 26 years from 2009-2010 to 2013-2014
Six out of 10 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 received one or more doses of a human papillomavirus vaccine in 2016

CDC: More U.S. Teens Starting HPV Vaccination

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60.4 percent received one or more doses in 2016, but many not completing series
Patients with human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma have higher five-year overall survival and disease-specific survival rates after surgery alone

Better Prognosis With Surgery for HPV-Linked Oropharyngeal SCC

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Higher survival seen for patients in low-risk category versus intermediate-, high-risk groups
Survivors of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus have an elevated risk of human papillomavirus-related second primary malignancies

Risk of HPV-Linked Second Cancers Up After Anal Cancer

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Men have higher standardized incidence ratio than women for second primary malignancy
Maternal education

Factors Predictive of Parental Intent to Vaccinate Against HPV

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Maternal education, Hispanic ethnicity, provider recommendation linked to intent to vaccinate teens
New research supports the recent U.S. recommendation for two

Two-Dose HPV Vaccine Effective Against Genital Warts

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Findings in keeping with new recommendations from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination appears to confer a high degree of protection from oral HPV infections

ASCO: Vaccination Tied to Substantial Reduction in Oral HPV

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Vaccination may help prevent oral HPV infections linked to oral cancers, researcher says
There is no advantage in testing morning first-void urine over later samples for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2+ detection using human papillomavirus testing

First-Void Morning Urine Not Necessary for CIN2+ Detection

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First-void urine also similar to physician-taken smears or brush-based self-samples
Nearly half of American men and women under 60 have a genital human papillomavirus infection

CDC: Almost Half of U.S. Men, Women <60 Infected With HPV

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But vaccine should turn the tide against virus, researcher says