Cervical Cancer

HIV infection associated with increased risk of cervical cancer precursor

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 9th, 2006

Women infected with HIV types 1 and 2 may have a higher risk of high-grade cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) than HIV negative women, according to a new study in Senegalese women.

Stephen E. Hawes, PhD, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues studied a cohort of 627 women with and without HIV types 1 and/or 2 and/or high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Senegal, West Africa. They followed the women for a mean of 2.2 years with evaluations every 4 months.

They found that women infected with both HIV and a high-risk HPV type were at greatest risk of developing a cervical cancer precursor called HSIL. HIV...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)

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