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High HPV Transmission Rate in HPV-plus Oropharynx Cancer Patients and Their Sexual Partners
High HPV Transmission Rate in HPV-plus Oropharynx Cancer Patients and Their Sexual Partners
R Hyer
20100607
2010 Jul 7
Elsevier Global Medical News
High HPV Transmission Rate in HPV-plus Oropharynx Cancer Patients and Their Sexual Partners
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jul 7, R Hyer
CHICAGO (EGMN) - A high degree of concordance of oral human papilloma virus infection between HPV-positive patients with oropharynx cancer and their sexual partners suggests that partners are at high risk for HPV-related disease, according to a study from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.Investigators reported that HPV was transmitted between HPV+ patients with oropharynx cancer and their sexual partners at a rate approaching 70%. Almost 60% of these cases involved HPV...