Author Interviews, Cancer Research, CDC, HPV, Vaccine Studies / 09.07.2016
HPV-Related Cancers Continue to Risk, Most Preventable With Vaccine
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Laura J. Viens, MD
Division of cancer prevention and control
CDC
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: We analyzed the most recent available data from 2008–2012 from CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program for HPV-associated cancers.
- These data cover 99% of the US population.
- These data represent the official federal statistics on cancer incidence (new cases).
- Every year between 2008 and 2012, about 39,000 men and women were diagnosed with cancers associated with HPV, an overall increase when compared with the 33,000 cancers associated with HPV between 2004 and 2008.
- 23,000 (13.5 per 100,000 population) among females and 15,793 (9.7 per 100,000 population) among males.