Women infected with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer. This is what Dominik Stelzle and Luana Tanaka found out as part of a study by the Center for Global Health. Image: A. Heddergott / TUM
Women infected with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer. This is what Dominik Stelzle and Luana Tanaka found out as part of a study by the Center for Global Health. Image: A. Heddergott / TUM Study shows link between cervical cancer and HIV infection - A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has quantified the effects of an infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on the development of cervical cancer. Their results show that the risk of developing cervical cancer is six times higher in women who are infected with HIV. Southern and Eastern Africa are particularly affected. According to WHO statistics, cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer for women. In 2018 an estimated 570,000 women worldwide were diagnosed with cervical carcinoma, with approximately 311,000 of these women dying.
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