Dr. Eric Genden - "5 Things to Know About HPV-Related Throat Cancer"
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted disease in the United States and abroad. HPV infection is the only known cause of cervical cancer in women, and it’s been linked to several other types of cancer as well. But while the rates of cervical cancer among American women are declining, cases of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer — cancer on the back and sides of the throat, tonsils, and base of the tongue — have been rising in young men at an alarming rate, writes Eric Genden, MD, system chair of otolaryngology for Mount Sinai Health System. Learn more