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Does chronic stress for 3 months and probable hpv infection for 2 years cause cancer in a person in his early twenties..(21).?

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Wouldn't think so: In medicine we never say never but this is is a bit much. HPV is a family with hundreds of strains, only a few of which are linked to cancer. Those strains may trigger it in months/years or never. Women got pap smears for decades to find early signs of the linked cancer long before we knew of a link to HPV. I wouldn't obsess about it but would get your regular screening done.

Answered 12/8/2020

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