GENITAL WARTS AND ASSOCIATION WITH CANCER

Abstract

Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, but is frequently asymptomatic and transitory.
Nevertheless, HPV anogenital infections can have serious clinical consequences, and its role in the development of cer- vical cancer has already been established. Recently, it has also been implicated in other anogenital cancers, such as the anal, vulvar, vaginal and penile cancer, as well as nonanogenital cancers, like head and neck cancers.

Genital warts are benign lesions and represent the most common clinical presentation of HPV anogenital infection. Although they are most often associated with non-oncogenic HPV types, increasing evidence suggests an association between these lesions and both anogenital and nonanogenital malignant neoplasms.

KEYWORDS – Papillomavirus infections; Condylomata acuminata; Neoplasms.