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How can someone get cervical cancer/ hpv?
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Sexual contact.: In general, genital hpv infections (cervix, vagina, vulva, perineum, anus/perianus, penis, and scrotum) are spread by sexual contact. Some strains of hpv in some patients can progress through a process called dysplasia or intraepithelial neoplasia ('premalignant changes') to develop into cancer. Always practicing safe sex with condoms can decrease the risk of acquiring and spreading diseases.
Answered 6/25/2014
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Sex/time: HPV is a family of viruses that are passed by direct skin to skin contact. There are at least 9 strains associated with cervical cancer. If you are ever infected with a cancer associated strain it may take years/decades before cancerous changes appear. It may also clear from your system and never cause any problems.
Answered 2/19/2017
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