{"id":1107,"date":"2012-12-18T10:37:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T10:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T11:22:54","slug":"new-test-for-oral-hpv-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/new-test-for-oral-hpv-cancers\/","title":{"rendered":"New test for oral HPV cancers revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new test for oral cancers caused by HPV has been revealed.&nbsp; The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has found an RNAscope test that can be done in most hospitals that looks for HPC in oropharyngeal cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-3-3-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7724\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-3-3-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-3-3-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-3-3-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-3-3-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-3-3-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the research has been done by clinicians at Liverpool and Newcastle universities who analysed 79 oropharyngeal tumor samples for HPV.&nbsp; They discovered that the accuracy of classification in the RNAscope test was similar to that of more difficult and time consuming laboratory results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously researchers found that the risk of death from HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer to be between 50% and 80% lower than from HPV-negative tumors.&nbsp; However HPV- positive patients are often younger and may require long-term treatment.&nbsp; It is hoped that by finding out the HPV status of the cancer earlier and faster, clinicians can offer patients better treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HPV can be passed on by sexual intercourse, and oral HPV can be passed on by oral sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/std-sti-testing\/hpv\">test you for non-oral HPV<\/a> at many of its clinics across the UK, as it can cause cervical, anal, and penile cancer as well as genital warts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new test for oral cancers caused by HPV has been revealed.&nbsp; The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has found an RNAscope test that can be done in most hospitals that looks for HPC in oropharyngeal cancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[618,976,925,620,1053,1455,826,915,995,706,602],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7953,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions\/7953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}