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Im 40, high risk hpv, same partner for years. if hpv is not cleared by your body after 2 years of contagion does it mean you will develop cancer or can you still have the virus for your lifetime without ever developing cancer? how to avoid disease?
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A very small proportion of people with HPV develop cancer. You should get PAP smears done at a frequency advised by your doctor and that will provide an early indication abnormalities that precede cancer by a number of years. Wish you good health!
Answered 1/9/2022
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