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Hpv is not the same as hsv. some of you don't read. is it possible to have "flat warts" with cancer causing hpv? i allegedly only have cancer causing.

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Dr. Liawaty Ho answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

Yes, but not common: There are over 150 distinct hpv subtypes.Hpv type 1 commonly infects the soles of the feet and produces plantar warts, while hpv types 6 and 11 infect the anogenital area and cause anogenital warts .Hpv subtypes have a variable potential to cause malignant change.The common cutaneous warts are rarely linked with hpv-associated carcinoma. Hpv 16 and 18 are the most common hpv associated w/ cancer.

Answered 7/1/2012

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Yes!: Human papillomavirus (hpv) is a virus from the papillomavirus family that is capable of infecting humans. More than 100 hpv types are known. Flat warts or verruca plana are caused by a different subtype (3, 8 & 10) that is separate from other subtypes in the family of hpv. So you can be infected by any of the subtypes independent of previous or concurrent infections.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Not likely: The hpv type related to cervical cancer is not producing any warts. The types producing genital warts are not related to cancer. Those flat warts are related to non-cancerous types. The lesions induced by carcinogenic types may look like warts but they re not.

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