HPV & Anal Cancer
I still have no time - unusually busy beginning of summer, but I have a few posts written up from a while ago that I haven't posted yet, so I may post those in the upcoming weeks until I get more free time.
Until then, here's an article reminding us all that HPV causes more than just cervical cancer. The article focuses on women, and reminds us to insist on full healthcare treatment if we do show a positive HPV test. Don't stop at the cervix, HPV can, and does, show up in oral tissue and anal tissue.
http://www.empowher.com/cancer/content/do-you-understand-anal-pap-hpv-editorial
Now also remember, cervical cancer is serious, and HPV is more dangerous than we ever knew ... however, only a small percentage of people who get HPV ever develop cancer, thanks to regular pap smears and HPV DNA testing. Now, if we can just increase the testing rate of oral and anal tissue, we can get those cancer rates down to a manageable level too, because HPV-caused cancer actually has a very high remission rate, compared to non-HPV-caused cancers.
Until then, here's an article reminding us all that HPV causes more than just cervical cancer. The article focuses on women, and reminds us to insist on full healthcare treatment if we do show a positive HPV test. Don't stop at the cervix, HPV can, and does, show up in oral tissue and anal tissue.
http://www.empowher.com/cancer/content/do-you-understand-anal-pap-hpv-editorial
Now also remember, cervical cancer is serious, and HPV is more dangerous than we ever knew ... however, only a small percentage of people who get HPV ever develop cancer, thanks to regular pap smears and HPV DNA testing. Now, if we can just increase the testing rate of oral and anal tissue, we can get those cancer rates down to a manageable level too, because HPV-caused cancer actually has a very high remission rate, compared to non-HPV-caused cancers.