Risk of cancer in patients with genital warts: A nationwide, population-based cohort study in Taiwan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 8; p. e0183183
• Main Authors: Cho, Ching-Yi, Lo, Yu-Cheng, Hung, Miao-Chiu, Lai, Chou-Cheng, Chen, Chun-Jen, Wu, Keh-Gong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.08.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Anogenital; Approximation; Biology and Life Sciences; Cancer; Cancer patients; Cancer screening; Care and treatment; Cervix; Child; Child, Preschool; Coexistence; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Colon; Condyloma acuminatum; Condylomata Acuminata - complications; Condylomata Acuminata - diagnosis; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Genital warts; Head & neck cancer; Health insurance; Health risks; Hospitals; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Immunization; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Infectious diseases; Kidneys; Lungs; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Men; Middle Aged; National health insurance; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - etiology; Papillomavirus infections; Patients; Pediatrics; People and Places; Population; Population studies; Population-based studies; Prostate; Prostate cancer; Rectum; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Smoking; Taiwan - epidemiology; Vaccination; Warts; Womens health; Young Adult; Taiwan

Condyloma acuminata currently affects around 1% of sexually active adults, and its incidence is increasing. The coexistence of genital warts (GW) and certain cancers and an association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and various malignancies have been reported. Therefore, we conducted this large...