In mid-August, longtime CBS Pittsburgh reporter and KDKA NewsRadio 1020 AM talk-show host Marty Griffin announced he was being treated for HPV-related throat cancer. At… Read more
Tag: Human papillomavirus
HPV Vaccination Plan Garners Award from Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Thanks to their extraordinary efforts to increase the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines administered in their office, the team at UPMC St. Margaret Bloomfield-Garfield Family… Read more
Recent Cancer Patient Urges HPV Vaccine for All Children
Dr. Steve Wilson, a pathologist in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, discusses how he discovered his human papillomavirus-linked throat cancer, and the treatment he received at the… Read more
UPMC Experts Explain Importance of Vaccinating Children for HPV Virus
To show support of the Allegheny County Board of Health’s vote on whether to mandate the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, UPMC oncologists this week held… Read more
Can throat cancer really be caused by an STD?
There has been a good deal of news lately about whether or not Michael Douglas’s throat cancer was caused by oral sex. Human Papillomavirus (HPV)… Read more