Cancer Prevention Works: New MMWR Report on HPV-Attributable Cancers

Human Papillomavirus–Attributable Cancers — United States, 2012–2016 | MMWR

MMWR: Human Papillomavirus–Attributable Cancers — United States, 2012–2016

During 2012-2016, an average of 43,999 HPV-associated cancers were reported each year, according to a new study published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Among the estimated 34,800 cancers probably caused by HPV, 92 percent are attributable to the HPV types that are included in the HPV vaccine and could be prevented.

Key findings

• During 2012-2016, an estimated average of 34,800 HPV-attributable cancers were diagnosed each year.
• The most common cancers were cervical (9,700) and oropharyngeal cancer (12,600).
• The number of cancers attributable to HPV types targeted by the vaccine ranged by state from 40 in Wyoming to 3,270 in California.
• Oropharyngeal cancer was the most common cancer attributable to the vaccine types in all states, except in Texas where cervical cancer was most common.

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