A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers

Abstract Direct skin-to-skin contact during intimate sexual contact with a human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive individual is often the cause of HPV infection. In addition, many studies have been written up to date that look at the role of HPV in the growth of other types of tumors. Not all urologica...

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Main Authors: Ehsan Zolfi, Farhood Khaleghi Mehr, Nikoo Emtiazi, Yasaman Moradi
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-025-02682-1
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description Abstract Direct skin-to-skin contact during intimate sexual contact with a human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive individual is often the cause of HPV infection. In addition, many studies have been written up to date that look at the role of HPV in the growth of other types of tumors. Not all urological cancers are associated with HPV. However, penile cancer (PC) is often caused by HPV, especially high-risk types. HPV-16 has been the most frequent (68.3%), followed by HPV-6 (8.1%) and HPV-18 (6.9%). An increased risk of getting certain types of urinary cancers like prostate, bladder, testicular, and kidney has also been linked to these infections. Additionally, HPV may play a part in continuous inflammation and cancer progression in different organs and tissues. So, making HPV vaccine programs available to more people of the male sex around the world could significantly lower the number of urinary cancers caused by HPV. The critical effects of HPV on different types of urologic cancers (UCs), such as testicular, prostate, penile, and kidney cancer, and the importance of HPV vaccination have been seen in this study. Graphical Abstract
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spelling doaj-art-8a640ab73b8e4032910050521b969fea2025-08-20T02:16:40ZengBMCVirology Journal1743-422X2025-02-0122113010.1186/s12985-025-02682-1A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancersEhsan Zolfi0Farhood Khaleghi Mehr1Nikoo Emtiazi2Yasaman Moradi3Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Pathology Medicine, Rasool Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical SciencesAbstract Direct skin-to-skin contact during intimate sexual contact with a human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive individual is often the cause of HPV infection. In addition, many studies have been written up to date that look at the role of HPV in the growth of other types of tumors. Not all urological cancers are associated with HPV. However, penile cancer (PC) is often caused by HPV, especially high-risk types. HPV-16 has been the most frequent (68.3%), followed by HPV-6 (8.1%) and HPV-18 (6.9%). An increased risk of getting certain types of urinary cancers like prostate, bladder, testicular, and kidney has also been linked to these infections. Additionally, HPV may play a part in continuous inflammation and cancer progression in different organs and tissues. So, making HPV vaccine programs available to more people of the male sex around the world could significantly lower the number of urinary cancers caused by HPV. The critical effects of HPV on different types of urologic cancers (UCs), such as testicular, prostate, penile, and kidney cancer, and the importance of HPV vaccination have been seen in this study. Graphical Abstracthttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-025-02682-1Human papillomavirus (HPV)Urological cancerHPV vaccineProstate cancerPenile cancer
spellingShingle Ehsan Zolfi
Farhood Khaleghi Mehr
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A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers
Virology Journal
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Urological cancer
HPV vaccine
Prostate cancer
Penile cancer
title A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers
title_full A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers
title_fullStr A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers
title_full_unstemmed A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers
title_short A review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) in urological cancers
title_sort review of the carcinogenic potential of human papillomavirus hpv in urological cancers
topic Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Urological cancer
HPV vaccine
Prostate cancer
Penile cancer
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-025-02682-1
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