Cervical microbiome may promote high-grade precancerous lesions
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 19:50
in Health & Medicine
Infections with a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) cause 99 percent of cervical cancer cases, and the disease's first sign is often the appearance of precancerous lesions on a woman's cervix. But bacteria may play an important role, too. New research suggests that the cervical microbiome may influence HPV infection more than researchers previously thought.