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Can a yeast infection develop into vulvar cancer?
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No: To date, human papilloma virus (hpv) infection, transmitted via sexual contact, has the most solid association with vulvar/vaginal/anal/cervical cancer of any infectious agent. There is no known link between candida vulvovaginitis ("yeast infection") and lower gynecologic malignancy.
Answered 5/1/2016
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Not really: A yeast infection is an irritation. If the irritation is present for years and years -- the body may respond with hyperplasia. Hyperplasia may over time, with additional injury, develop into dysplasia -- and ultimately cancer. However, this would be vanishingly rare and not a thing to be concerned about.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Vulvar cancer: Yeast infections do not become vulvar cancer. However, many doctors do not know what vulvar cancer looks like and the mistake a cancer for a yeast infection.
Answered 1/7/2019
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