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Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. Researchers found: _For women 30 and over, a test for the virus, HPV, is better than a Pap smear...

US scientists have said there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men. In the United States, oral cancer due to HPV infection is now more common than oral cancer from tobacco use...

HPV may boost skin cancer risk HANOVER, N.H., (UPI) -- Human papillomaviruses may be linked to an increased risk of developing some skin cancers, U.S. researchers said. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, also found the risk of skin cancers may worsened if the people are...