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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

HPV and Cervical Cancer-Biology, Prevention, and Treatment Updates.

Emilia Włoszek, Kamila Krupa, Eliza Skrok, Michał Piotr Budzik, Andrzej Deptała, Anna Badowska-Kozakiewicz

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emilia WłoszekStudents' Scientific Organization of Cancer Cell Biology, Department of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
Kamila KrupaStudents' Scientific Organization of Cancer Cell Biology, Department of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0006-1122-6445
Eliza SkrokStudents' Scientific Organization of Cancer Cell Biology, Department of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
Michał Piotr BudzikDepartment of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6222-9079
Andrzej DeptałaDepartment of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-2043
Anna Badowska-KozakiewiczDepartment of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4990-8760

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the most significant breakthroughs in cancer research has been the identification of persistent infection with certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) genotypes as the cause of cervical cancer. Since then, a range of diagnostic and therapeutic methods has been developed based on this discovery. This article aims to describe the latest updates in the biology, prevention, and treatment of HPV-related cervical cancer. The current state of knowledge regarding vaccinations, diagnostic tests, and cervical cancer therapies is presented. The latest WHO guidelines on vaccinations are presented, as well as announcements of upcoming changes. The final part of the article summarizes promising new diagnostic and treatment methods, as well as perspectives and the latest research findings on self-administered diagnostic tests, the use of therapeutic vaccines, and circulating cell-free DNA in diagnosis. Despite the significant progress made in recent years, the strategy based on vaccination and testing remains the cornerstone in the fight against HPV-related cervical cancer.

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PapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsFemaleHumansPapillomavirus VaccinesPapillomavirus Vaccinescervical cancerHPVhuman papillomavirusscreeningsystemic therapyvaccination

Identifiers

PMID40136326
PMCPMC11941113

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