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ReviewVirology journal2025

A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers.

Ehsan Zolfi, Farhood Khaleghi Mehr, Nikoo Emtiazi, Yasaman Moradi

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Review in Virology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ehsan ZolfiDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farhood Khaleghi MehrDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nikoo EmtiaziDepartment of Pathology Medicine, Rasool Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. nikooemtiazi9@gmail.com.
Yasaman MoradiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct skin-to-skin contact during intimate sexual contact with a human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive individual is often the cause of HPV infection. In addition, many studies have been written up to date that look at the role of HPV in the growth of other types of tumors. Not all urological cancers are associated with HPV. However, penile cancer (PC) is often caused by HPV, especially high-risk types. HPV-16 has been the most frequent (68.3%), followed by HPV-6 (8.1%) and HPV-18 (6.9%). An increased risk of getting certain types of urinary cancers like prostate, bladder, testicular, and kidney has also been linked to these infections. Additionally, HPV may play a part in continuous inflammation and cancer progression in different organs and tissues. So, making HPV vaccine programs available to more people of the male sex around the world could significantly lower the number of urinary cancers caused by HPV. The critical effects of HPV on different types of urologic cancers (UCs), such as testicular, prostate, penile, and kidney cancer, and the importance of HPV vaccination have been seen in this study.

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CarcinogenesisPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsUrologic NeoplasmsHuman Papillomavirus VirusesHumansMalePenile NeoplasmsHPV vaccineHuman papillomavirus (HPV)Penile cancerProstate cancerUrological cancer

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PMID40022189
PMCPMC11871667

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