Abstract 4181: Awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among men and women with oral cancer

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Abstract Background There is a high level of public awareness of association human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and genital cancer. Though recent research showed that 26 million Americans have oral HPV infection, the information on awareness of association HPV infection with oral cancer among men and women is limited. Methods The objective of our study was to assess population awareness of and knowledge about the association between HPV and oral cancer among men and women. We obtained cross-sectional data from the National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Surveys (HINTS 2007-2015, N=25,410). We applied a Wald chi-square test to examine the association of HPV awareness in participants with oral cancer compared to participants with other forms of cancer stratified by gender. Results: Among men with oral cancer (N=10) 16 % were aware of HPV while among men with other forms of cancer (N=3557) 44% were aware of HPV (p=0.0924). Among women with oral cancer (N=5) 56 % were aware of HPV while among women with other forms of cancer (N=5631) 64% were aware of HPV (p=7971). Conclusion: There is decreased awareness and knowledge of HPV in men with oral cancer promoting opportunities to target communication about a vaccine. Citation Format: Assia Miller, Latrice Rollins, Ananya Banerjee. Awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among men and women with oral cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4181.