Spotlight: human papillomavirus virus conditions

  Introduction Human papillomavirus and benign conditionsHPV vaccination Future possibilitiesReferences Introduction HPV is the cause of almost all cervical cancers, and vaccination against high-risk HPV cancer-inducing strains (HR-HPV) have been part of the routine vaccination programme for 12 and 13-year-old girls in the UK for 10 years. HPV infection is now recognised as an aetiology in anogenital cancers and oropharyngeal cancers. HPV can also cause anogenital warts (condyloma acuminata) and other subtypes can cause verrucae and skin warts. HPV vaccination schedules have recently altered to include an older age group of susceptible individuals, i.e. men who have sex with men