Cancer caused by the common human papillomavirus infection, also known as HPV, is increasing in some women in the U.S., researchers said this month.
They found that rates of cervical cancer — which is one of the most preventable cancers and largely caused by HPV infection — have been ticking up among women in their 30s and 40s: many of whom weren’t eligible for HPV vaccines when they were first released in 2006.
