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HPV- Not going away!!!
Wow! Has anyone seen the new research that they have done stating that Oral Cancer is becoming more common now. There was one that they did a study and found HPV cells in peoples lungs!!!! What is going on?
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Study Links HPV to Lung Cancer
Despite Threat of Lung Cancer, Conservatives Still Don't Want Their Kids Vaccinated
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
April 28, 2008
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RSS A newly published study links the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, to lung cancer, adding lungs to the list of organs scientists say are susceptible to cancer as a result of contracting the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)Recent studies have found connections between HPV and cancers of the mouth and throat, but the University of Louisville study released late last week is the first to associate the infection with lung cancer.
HPV has long been known to result in cancers of the sex organs, particularly the cervix, and a vaccine targeting young women and girls was introduced in the United States in 2006.
Conservative parents and activists have condemned the vaccine, marketed under the name Gardasil, since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, claiming it would -- like easily available condoms -- encourage young people to engage in promiscuous sex.
Those same parents and groups say the news showing a link between the virus and lung cancer, which means it could affect not only their daughters but also their sons, does not change their opposition to the drug.
At a conference this week in Geneva, Dr. Arash Rezazadeh from the University of Louisville presented the findings of the study, which found HPV in six out of 23 lung cancer samples.
"The researchers found six samples that tested positive for the presence of human papillomavirus, the virus that also causes many cases of cervical cancer. One was later shown to be a cervical cancer that had spread to the lungs," read a statement from the First European Lung Cancer Conference.
All the samples came from smokers, and authors of the study said smoking remains the most important factor in the development of lung cancer. But "the fact that five out of 22 non-small-cell lung cancer samples were HPV-positive supports the assumption that HPV contributes to the development of non-small-cell lung cancer," they said.
"We think HPV has a role as a co-carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer in a smoking population," Rezazadeh said in a statement.
Rezazadeh was in Switzerland for the conference and unavailable for comment.
According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, some 20 million Americans are infected with HPV, and another 6.2 million become newly infected every year. Some strains of the disease result in genital warts, but other strains can, over time, develop into cancer.
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, 11,070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States.
Other HPV-related cancers include vulva, vaginal, penile and anal.
Though the study is the first to note the combined effects of smoking and HPV on the lungs, doctors have known for a while that women who smoke and contract HPV are more likely to develop cervical cancer than nonsmokers, said Dr. Lauren F. Streicher, an OB/GYN and professor at Northwestern Medical School.
"Smoking plays a key role in the rate of conversion to malignancy in cervical cancer too," she said. "Seventy to 80 percent of women are exposed to HPV, but less than 1 percent of women get cervical cancer. We know lesions on the cervix are more likely to become cancerous in smokers."
HPV is generally contracted through the skin during sex. With the exception of the one lung cancer sample that originated with cervical cancer, the mechanism by which the lungs became infected was not clear from the study.
Though the Louisville study does not discuss the efficacy of the HPV vaccine in treating lung cancer, the vaccine targets the same cancer-causing type of the virus found in the lung cancer samples -- type 16.
"Type 16 is the one that causes cancer," Streicher said. "As more of these studies are completed, we're learning that the vaccine would clearly be preventive in many different kinds of cancers, not just cervical."
Anyone have any thoughts/comments on this???
Home > Health
Study Links HPV to Lung Cancer
Despite Threat of Lung Cancer, Conservatives Still Don't Want Their Kids Vaccinated
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
April 28, 2008
65 comments FONT SIZE
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RSS A newly published study links the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, to lung cancer, adding lungs to the list of organs scientists say are susceptible to cancer as a result of contracting the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)Recent studies have found connections between HPV and cancers of the mouth and throat, but the University of Louisville study released late last week is the first to associate the infection with lung cancer.
HPV has long been known to result in cancers of the sex organs, particularly the cervix, and a vaccine targeting young women and girls was introduced in the United States in 2006.
Conservative parents and activists have condemned the vaccine, marketed under the name Gardasil, since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, claiming it would -- like easily available condoms -- encourage young people to engage in promiscuous sex.
Those same parents and groups say the news showing a link between the virus and lung cancer, which means it could affect not only their daughters but also their sons, does not change their opposition to the drug.
At a conference this week in Geneva, Dr. Arash Rezazadeh from the University of Louisville presented the findings of the study, which found HPV in six out of 23 lung cancer samples.
"The researchers found six samples that tested positive for the presence of human papillomavirus, the virus that also causes many cases of cervical cancer. One was later shown to be a cervical cancer that had spread to the lungs," read a statement from the First European Lung Cancer Conference.
All the samples came from smokers, and authors of the study said smoking remains the most important factor in the development of lung cancer. But "the fact that five out of 22 non-small-cell lung cancer samples were HPV-positive supports the assumption that HPV contributes to the development of non-small-cell lung cancer," they said.
"We think HPV has a role as a co-carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer in a smoking population," Rezazadeh said in a statement.
Rezazadeh was in Switzerland for the conference and unavailable for comment.
According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, some 20 million Americans are infected with HPV, and another 6.2 million become newly infected every year. Some strains of the disease result in genital warts, but other strains can, over time, develop into cancer.
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, 11,070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States.
Other HPV-related cancers include vulva, vaginal, penile and anal.
Though the study is the first to note the combined effects of smoking and HPV on the lungs, doctors have known for a while that women who smoke and contract HPV are more likely to develop cervical cancer than nonsmokers, said Dr. Lauren F. Streicher, an OB/GYN and professor at Northwestern Medical School.
"Smoking plays a key role in the rate of conversion to malignancy in cervical cancer too," she said. "Seventy to 80 percent of women are exposed to HPV, but less than 1 percent of women get cervical cancer. We know lesions on the cervix are more likely to become cancerous in smokers."
HPV is generally contracted through the skin during sex. With the exception of the one lung cancer sample that originated with cervical cancer, the mechanism by which the lungs became infected was not clear from the study.
Though the Louisville study does not discuss the efficacy of the HPV vaccine in treating lung cancer, the vaccine targets the same cancer-causing type of the virus found in the lung cancer samples -- type 16.
"Type 16 is the one that causes cancer," Streicher said. "As more of these studies are completed, we're learning that the vaccine would clearly be preventive in many different kinds of cancers, not just cervical."
Anyone have any thoughts/comments on this???
I know, I read something and get hysterical 1st, then after I reread it...and think about it, yeah, you're right!
I did what they said.....QUIT SMOKING, after I found out I had HPV. Best thing that happened, actually!
Thanks for your Post!
I did what they said.....QUIT SMOKING, after I found out I had HPV. Best thing that happened, actually!
Thanks for your Post!
I would remain positive reading this article... no worries... Let's pick up good from all of it... MY COMMENTS IN CAPS...
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, 11,070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States.
- 20 MILLION ARE INFECTED, 6 MILLION BECOMING INFECTED EVERY YEAR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT WILL HAVE CERVICAL CANCER... THE MAJOR KNOWN REASON IS LATE DIAGNOSES OR NOT GETTING TREATMENT... CERVICAL CANCER IS FULLY TREATEABLE... KEEPING THESE FIGURES IN MIND, I WOULD SAY CERVICAL CANCER IS EXTREMELY RARE...
"Smoking plays a key role in the rate of conversion to malignancy in cervical cancer too," she said. "Seventy to 80 percent of women are exposed to HPV, but less than 1 percent of women get cervical cancer. We know lesions on the cervix are more likely to become cancerous in smokers."
- ENCOURAGES EVERY BUDDY TO STOP SMOKING...
At a conference this week in Geneva, Dr. Arash Rezazadeh from the University of Louisville presented the findings of the study, which found HPV in six out of 23 lung cancer samples.
- SO ONLY 20-25% CASES HAVE SOME HPV FOUND... AGAIN THE FIGURE IS LOW... HPV IS NOT A MAJOR CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER...
All the samples came from smokers, and authors of the study said smoking remains the most important factor in the development of lung cancer.
- ENCOURAGES EVERY BUDDY TO STOP SMOKING
Conservative parents and activists have condemned the vaccine, marketed under the name Gardasil, since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, claiming it would -- like easily available condoms -- encourage young people to engage in promiscuous sex.
- SO WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE CONFIDENCE ON VACCINATION THAT IS FDA APPROVED AS WELL AND WOULD BE AS EASILY AVAILABLE AS CONDOMS...
HPV is generally contracted through the skin during sex. With the exception of the one lung cancer sample that originated with cervical cancer, the mechanism by which the lungs became infected was not clear from the study.
- SO THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THE LUNGS BECAME INFECTED WAS NOT CLEAR FROM THE STUDY... WHY SHOULD BOTHER OF SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YET FOR SURE...
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, 11,070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States.
- 20 MILLION ARE INFECTED, 6 MILLION BECOMING INFECTED EVERY YEAR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT WILL HAVE CERVICAL CANCER... THE MAJOR KNOWN REASON IS LATE DIAGNOSES OR NOT GETTING TREATMENT... CERVICAL CANCER IS FULLY TREATEABLE... KEEPING THESE FIGURES IN MIND, I WOULD SAY CERVICAL CANCER IS EXTREMELY RARE...
"Smoking plays a key role in the rate of conversion to malignancy in cervical cancer too," she said. "Seventy to 80 percent of women are exposed to HPV, but less than 1 percent of women get cervical cancer. We know lesions on the cervix are more likely to become cancerous in smokers."
- ENCOURAGES EVERY BUDDY TO STOP SMOKING...
At a conference this week in Geneva, Dr. Arash Rezazadeh from the University of Louisville presented the findings of the study, which found HPV in six out of 23 lung cancer samples.
- SO ONLY 20-25% CASES HAVE SOME HPV FOUND... AGAIN THE FIGURE IS LOW... HPV IS NOT A MAJOR CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER...
All the samples came from smokers, and authors of the study said smoking remains the most important factor in the development of lung cancer.
- ENCOURAGES EVERY BUDDY TO STOP SMOKING
Conservative parents and activists have condemned the vaccine, marketed under the name Gardasil, since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, claiming it would -- like easily available condoms -- encourage young people to engage in promiscuous sex.
- SO WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE CONFIDENCE ON VACCINATION THAT IS FDA APPROVED AS WELL AND WOULD BE AS EASILY AVAILABLE AS CONDOMS...
HPV is generally contracted through the skin during sex. With the exception of the one lung cancer sample that originated with cervical cancer, the mechanism by which the lungs became infected was not clear from the study.
- SO THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THE LUNGS BECAME INFECTED WAS NOT CLEAR FROM THE STUDY... WHY SHOULD BOTHER OF SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YET FOR SURE...
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