Cervical Cancer

Study suggests HPV16 can skirt the immune system

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 5th, 2003

In a large study of HIV positive women, human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16), the virus responsible for approximately half of all cervical cancers, appeared to be better at dodging the immune system than other HPV strains.

The findings, published in the July 16, 2003, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, may help explain why HPV16 plays such a major role in causing cervical cancer in the general population.

Whereas other HPV types have a lower prevalence and incidence among women with stronger immune systems (in theory, the stronger the immune system, the better it is at fighting off infections), researchers detected similar...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-08-05)

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