Infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) are common and transmitted by direct contact.
Although the great majority of infections resolve within 2 years, 13 phylogenetically related …

An updated World Health Organization (WHO) classification of female genital tumours was
published in autumn 2020. We discuss the major new additions to and changes from the …

Background The incidence of anal cancer is substantially higher among persons living with
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than in the general population. Similar to cervical …

In der WHO-Klassifikation 2020 steht die Unterscheidung von HPV-assoziierten und HPV-
unabhängigen Plattenepithelkarzinomen des unteren weiblichen Genitales im Vordergrund …

Anal cancer is a rare disease that accounts for< 1% and< 3% of all new cancer diagnoses
and gastrointestinal tumours, respectively. The most common histological subtype is …

International experts met to discuss recent advances and to revise the 2004
recommendations for assessing and reporting precursor lesions to invasive carcinomas of …

This report summarizes the epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated
diseases, describes the licensed HPV vaccines, provides updated data from clinical trials …

Abstract The history of 'The Bethesda System'for reporting cervical cytology goes back
almost 3 decades. This terminology and the process that created it have had a profound …

Objectives The impact of terminology for vulvar intraepithelial lesions has been significant
over the years, because it has affected diagnosis, treatment, and research. The introduction …

Human papillomavirus can cause preinvasive, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions
(HSILs) as precursors to cancer in the anogenital area, and the microbiome is suggested to …