April 22, 2024
Cancer diagnosis linked to HPV virus
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas —
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, more than 46,700 new cases of cancer are found in parts of the body where human papillomavirus is often found. HPV causes about 37,000 of these cancers.Research has found that it can take 5 to 10 years for HPV-infected cells to develop into precancers and