Persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) may put women at long-term increased risk of developing anal vulvar and vaginal cancer. While the connection between HPV and cervical cancer is well known the results of this study add anogenital cancers to the list of potential long-range consequences of HPV infection and could add to support for vaccination against the virus said study author Susanne Kruger Kjaer Professor at The Danish Cancer Society Research Centre in Copenhagen. The HPV vaccine is prophylactic and if we can prevent HPV infection from occurring in the first place we can prevent some of these