Category: HPV

Archive: You Are the Key – Best Practices in HPV Cancer Prevention

Presented by: Betty Lo, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics; Director of Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program at Louisiana State University School of Medicine Low HPV vaccination rates are leaving boys and girls vulnerable to devastating HPV cancers. Have you been making an effective HPV vaccination recommendation for kids 11 and 12 years old? This presentation …

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Archive: HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer and Survivors’ Experiences of Treatment-Related Toxicity

Presented by:Jonas Johnson, MD – Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Marci Nilsen, PhD RN – Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Lynne Williams, MD PhD – Executive Director of Southwest PA Area Health Education Center and physician at Hilltop Community …

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Archive: How HPV Causes Cancer and Why it Still Matters

Presented by: Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Center for Virology, School of Biological Sciences Dr. Angeletti explains the biology of HPV and its infection; including how the virus replicates and how it hides from the immune system. He will then discuss the mechanism by which HPV causes cancer. He shows evidence of different manifestations …

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