TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk of cervical pre-cancer and cancer in women with multiple sclerosis exposed to high efficacy disease modifying therapies
AU - Bridge, Francesca
AU - Brotherton, Julia M.L.
AU - Foong, Yi
AU - Butzkueven, Helmut
AU - Jokubaitis, Vilija G.
AU - Van der Walt, Anneke
N1 - Funding Information:
FB has received travel support from Biogen and a travel grant from the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. YF has received travel support from Biogen and receives grant support from MS Research Australia, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Australia and New Zealand Association of Neurologists, and Avant Foundation. HB served on scientific advisory boards for Biogen, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis and received conference travel support from Novartis, Biogen and Sanofi Aventis, and serves on steering committees for trials conducted by Biogen and Novartis received research support from Merck, Novartis, and Biogen. VJ receives research grant support from MS Research Australia and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC 1156519). AV has received travel support and served on advisory boards for Novartis, Biogen, Merck Serono, Roche and Teva, and receives grant support from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. The remaining author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Bridge, Brotherton, Foong, Butzkueven, Jokubaitis and Van der Walt.
PY - 2023/2/10
Y1 - 2023/2/10
N2 - There is a growing need to better understand the risk of malignancy in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population, particularly given the relatively recent and widespread introduction of immunomodulating disease modifying therapies (DMTs). Multiple sclerosis disproportionately affects women, and the risk of gynecological malignancies, specifically cervical pre-cancer and cancer, are of particular concern. The causal relationship between persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer has been definitively established. To date, there is limited data on the effect of MS DMTs on the risk of persistent HPV infection and subsequent progression to cervical pre-cancer and cancer. This review evaluates the risk of cervical pre-cancer and cancer in women with MS, including the risk conferred by DMTs. We examine additional factors, specific to the MS population, that alter the risk of developing cervical cancer including participation in HPV vaccination and cervical screening programs.
AB - There is a growing need to better understand the risk of malignancy in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population, particularly given the relatively recent and widespread introduction of immunomodulating disease modifying therapies (DMTs). Multiple sclerosis disproportionately affects women, and the risk of gynecological malignancies, specifically cervical pre-cancer and cancer, are of particular concern. The causal relationship between persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer has been definitively established. To date, there is limited data on the effect of MS DMTs on the risk of persistent HPV infection and subsequent progression to cervical pre-cancer and cancer. This review evaluates the risk of cervical pre-cancer and cancer in women with MS, including the risk conferred by DMTs. We examine additional factors, specific to the MS population, that alter the risk of developing cervical cancer including participation in HPV vaccination and cervical screening programs.
KW - autoimmune disease (AID)
KW - cervical cancer
KW - disease modifying therapy (DMT)
KW - human papilloma virus (HPV)
KW - multiple sclerosis (MS)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148716338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fneur.2023.1119660
DO - 10.3389/fneur.2023.1119660
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 36846149
AN - SCOPUS:85148716338
SN - 1664-2295
VL - 14
JO - Frontiers in Neurology
JF - Frontiers in Neurology
M1 - 1119660
ER -