HPV: Cervical Cancer and Beyond

Program Description:

Human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, is the primary cause of nearly all cervical cancers and is associated with other cancers, genital warts, and in rare instances, with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). Data suggest that administration of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine before the beginning of sexual activity, prior to exposure to HPV, has the potential to dramatically reduce the incidence of cervical cancer related to the most common and high-risk types of HPV, and to reduce the incidence of genital warts and other HPV-related diseases.

Activity Objectives:

After participating in this activity, clinicians should be better able to:

• Describe the incidence and prevalence of HPV infection and cervical cancer
• Identify the natural history and most common types of HPV linked to cervical cancer, other cancers, genital warts, and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
• Discuss the risk factors and summarize management and preventive strategies for HPV
• Dispel popular myths and misconceptions about HPV, genital warts, and cervical cancer
• Apply strategies in clinical practice that underscore the importance of vaccinating pre-adolescents, adolescent teens, and young adults against HPV

Faculty:

S. Paige Hertweck, MD, Program Chair
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Chief of Gynecologic Surgery
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky

Brian J. Wiatrak, MD, FAAP, FACS
Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
The Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Martin C. Mahoney, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Associate Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI)
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
State University of New York (SUNY)
Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Buffalo, New York

Anna Giuliano, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Program Leader, Risk Assessment, Detection, and Intervention Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida

Kenneth Alexander, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

CME Course Director
Ira M. Leviton, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Independent Reviewer
Gary S. Marshall, MD
Professor
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky

Disclosures:

Kenneth Alexander, MD, PhD, has received grant/research support for Merck & Co., Inc., and is a member of the speakers’ bureau for GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co., Inc.

Anna Giuliano, PhD, has received grant/research support and is a member of the speakers’ bureau for Merck & Co., Inc.

S. Paige Hertweck, MD, has received grant/research support from Duramed and is a consultant and a member of the speakers’ bureau for Merck & Co., Inc.

Ira M. Leviton, MD, FACP, CME Course Director, has served on advisory boards and is a member of the speakers’ bureaus for Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Cubist, Pfizer Inc., and Wyeth.

Martin C. Mahoney, MD, PhD, FAAFP, is a member of the speakers’ bureaus for GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co., Inc.

Gary S. Marshall, MD, Independent Reviewer, has received grant/research support, is a consultant and is a member of the speakers’ bureaus for Merck & Co., Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, and sanofi pasteur.

Brian J. Wiatrak, MD, has nothing to disclose.

This program is sponsored by Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

This program is supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.

Instructions:

To obtain credit, you must have 70 percent or more of the answers correct. This CME is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the course until you have successfully completed this program and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com, which you can then access at any time.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.

MACINTOSH^® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20 MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.