How many people get cancer caused by HPV each year?

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People of all genders, ages, and backgrounds can get cancers caused by HPV.

Each year in the UK around 11, 210 people are told they have a cancer caused by HPV.

This includes:

  • 4,260 women affected by cervical, vaginal and vulval cancers,
  • 350 men diagnosed with penile cancer
  • 1,350 men and women with anal cancer (more common in women than men),
  • 5,250 men and women with mouth and throat cancers (more common in men)

(MacMillan/Cancer Research)