Finding a New Viral Cause of Cervical Cancer—Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV). In a study published online on April 9 in International Journal of Cancer, Ana Gradissimo, Ph.D., and Robert D. Burk, M.D., provide the first molecular evidence showing that HPV73—now classified as “possibly oncogenic”—definitely can cause cervical cancer.
