News - Human papillomavirus
-Two-time Oscar Winner and Cancer Survivor Encourages Regular Screenings as Counter to Rising Incidence Rates of Oral Cancer- LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2012
New findings from a large Danish database of cancer patients suggest that, even though the human papilloma virus (HPV) can trigger throat cancer, patients who are HPV-positive and are light smokers, or don't smoke at all, have a good response to treatment using radiotherapy alone, without the addition of chemotherapy with its consequent toxic side-effects.
While the world still seeks out the cures for cancers, we may already have the solution to preventing 1 in 6 of them.
New research shines some light on a potential point of weakness in the fight against cancer: One in six are caused by treatable or preventable infections.

