Document Type : Viewpoint
Authors
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Research Institute for Oncology, Hematology and Cell Therapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Independent researcher, Tehran, Iran
4 Noosha Darman Ahoora Co. Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Tehran, Iran
5 School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Introduction
Human papillomavirus (HPV), a non-enveloped double-stranded DNA virus from the Papillomaviridae family, is a leading cause of preventable cancers worldwide, responsible for 5% of global malignancies, including cervical, anogenital, and oropharyngeal cancers1,2. In Iran, HPV prevalence is alarmingly high at 38.68%, contributing to approximately 44,600 cancer cases annually3,4. ...(Read more...)