PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
PRECANCEROUS CERVICAL DYSPLASIA
Nearly 80 million Americans are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV),1 and approximately 7 million HPV infections occur each year with high-risk HPV genotypes 16/18, which can lead to cervical, anal, and head and neck cancers, as well as other cancers.2
Cervical dysplasia refers to precancerous changes in cervical cells that, if left untreated, can advance to cervical cancer.3 It can only currently be treated by an invasive surgical procedure that does not clear the underlying HPV infection.4,5
I know HPV 16/18 can lead to cancer and that a scalpel can’t destroy a virus. I want a medicine that can destroy and clear the virus inside my body exactly where it’s hiding.”
– Precancerous cervical dysplasia patient