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Condoms may protect against cancer virus; What is HPV?
For the first time, scientists have proof that condoms offer women impressive protection against the virus that causes cervical cancer.
A three-year study of female college students -- all virgins at the start -- found that women whose partners always wore a condom during sex were 70 percent less likely to become infected with the human papilloma virus, or HPV, than those whose partners used protection less than 5 percent of the time.
"That's pretty awesome. There aren't too many times when you can have an intervention that would offer so much protection," said Dr. Patricia Kloser, an infectious-disease specialist at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who was not part of the study.
What is HPV?
Human papilloma virus -- which can cause cervical cancer, genital warts and vaginal, vulvar, anal and penile cancers -- is the most common sexually transmitted disease, infecting about 80 percent of young women within five years of becoming sexually active. An estimated 630 million people worldwide are infected.
The virus is spread during sex from contact with the sores, or lesions, that develop around infected cells.
Often, the virus is killed by the immune system, but in some people HPV can take hold and cause lesions that can turn cancerous years later.
Who gets it?
Cervical cancer strikes about 10,520 American women and kills about 3,500 each year.
Worldwide, about 500,000 women develop cervical cancer and nearly 300,000 die from it every year.
Vaccine on the way
Recent medical advances might someday render the condom debate moot: Earlier this month, the government approved the first vaccine against HPV.
Study's significance
Previous HPV studies either showed no protection from condoms or were inconclusive. This one included only virgins, and computer diaries helped women be more honest about condom use.
"This is about as ideal a study as you can get," said Dr. Tom Fitch, a San Antonio pediatrician and board chairman at the Medical Institute for Sexual Health.
Nevertheless, Fitch noted that some consistent condom users still were infected with HPV. Twelve of the 42 women who said their partners always used condoms became infected.
