HPV-associated diseases in women and men: principles for diagnosis, treatment, prevention

Human papillomavirus infection in women and men causes benign, premalignant and malignant diseases of the anogenital area. Laboratory diagnosis plays a major role in early detection of HPV-associated diseases in women, but there are no approved screening modalities, which can detect HPV-associated diseases in men. Examination of the sexual partners of patients with anogenital HPV diseases is a substantiated and important link in a chain of cancer prevention methods.