Head and neck specialists, radiologists and other clinical experts came together at a recent health conference at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital to discuss the rise in those caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

Director of the Head and Neck Department at Princess Alexandra Hospital and president of the Australia and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society, Associate Professor Ben Panizza said that the current spike in cases could be a direct result of the sexual revolution of the sixties and seventies.