While incidence and mortality rates for most cancers (including lung, colorectum, female
breast, and prostate) are decreasing in the United States and many other western countries …

The prevalence of oral cancers (OC) is high in Asian countries, especially in South and
Southeast Asia. Asian distinct cultural practices such as betel-quid chewing, and varying …

The global burden of cancer continues to increase largely because of the aging and growth
of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer‐causing behaviors …

Non-communicable diseases, including cancer, are overtaking infectious disease as the
leading health-care threat in middle-income and low-income countries. Latin American and …

The vast majority of women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be co-
infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). The interaction between the two sexually …

Background Information on human papillomavirus (HPV) type distribution is necessary to
evaluate the potential impact of current and future HPV vaccines. We estimated the relative …

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have a significant burden of cervical cancer.
Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are an opportunity for primary …

The human cervicovaginal microbiota resides at an interface between the host and the
environment and may affect susceptibility to disease. Puerto Rican women have high human …

Background Cervical cancer is the second cause leading of malignancy-related death
among Mexican women. The present study determined the population-based prevalence of …

Cervical cancer is a preventable disease with a known etiology (human papillomavirus),
effective preventive vaccines, excellent screening methods, and a treatable pre‐invasive …