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Does not having a spleen make higher chance of cancer from hpv or allow hpv infections have a higher chance of staying?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No: There is no known association between lack of a spleen and risk of HPV persisting longer or causing cancer.

Answered 10/21/2016

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