Cancer incidence in Germany attributable to human papillomavirus in 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is estimated that a total of 120,000 new cancer cases in men and in women in more developed countries could be avoided if exposure to HPV was prevented. We used the nationwide pool of German population-based cancer registry data to estimate the burden of HPV-attributable cancer in this population for the year 2013.

Methods

Incident cases of cervical cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the anus, oropharynx (OP), as well as of the vulva, vagina and penis were classified as potentially HPV-associated and identified from the nationwide cancer registry data-pool. We calculated the incidence and proportions of cancer with potentially HPV-associated morphologies. Estimation of the HPV-attributable incidence was based on prevalence-estimates of viral DNA in tumor cells

SUBMITTER: Buttmann-Schweiger N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5644114 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature