Cervical cancer
carcinogenesis
Rahul D Modi
Division of GYN Oncology
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
❖HPV Virus & Pathogenesis
❖Recent literature review on HPV from India
Harald zur Hausen M.D., D.Sc.
Source : The Noble Foundation
Human Papilloma Virus
❖Double stranded DNA virus
❖Epitheliotrophic
❖>200 subtypes
❖5 Genera : Alpha,Beta, Gamma,Mu,Nu
❖Alpha -responsible for cancers
❖Majority are specific for anogenital
epithelium
❖Two risk types : High risk & Low risk
❖High risk : cancers / Low risk : warts
❖Low risk : 6, 11, 42, 43 & 44
❖High risk : 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 68, 73 & 82
❖Most infections : transient & asymptomatic
❖Upto 80% of sexually active women will be infected with HPV at some point
of their lives
❖Chronicity + Persistence = Cancer
HPV Genome
D’Abramo et al. ,Open Virology (2011)
❖HPV -easily transmitted through sexual contact
❖Risk begins with first sexual activity
❖Acquired by skin to skin contact, full intercourse is not necessary
❖80-85% of sexually active women -infected at some point of time
❖Co-infection with more than one type is possible
❖Immunity against one type does not protect against other type
E6 & E7
Seyler et al. ,Trends in Microbiology (2018)
Jain et al., Pathogens (2023)
Roden et al.
Nature Reviews Cancer, March 2018
Innate Immunity to HPV