Oral HPV in Men: On the Rise.

[Argirios Argiriou]

November 03, 2017
Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH

New data point to an alarming trend: 1 in 9 men have an oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. And when the focus is on HPV 16, the high-risk type associated with oropharyngeal cancer, the prevalence is six times higher among men than women.

To put this in context, the incidence of HPV-related mouth and throat cancers in men is now higher than cervical cancer in women.

The prevalence of oral HPV infection peaks at age 50-54 years and is particularly high among men who have had more than 16 lifetime oral sex partners, men who have had sex with men, and men with concurrent genital HPV infection. Smoking and marijuana use also increased the risk for infection.
The authors recommend looking at the value of vaccinating middle-age men. But for now, to reverse this trend, we must encourage males, as well as females, to get vaccinated against HPV according to the guidelines, as children or young adults.

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