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A 37-year-old male asked:

How can a woman with hpv cervical cancer transmitt it by oral sex. does she have to have open soars.

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Dr. Donald Jacobson
A Verified Doctoranswered
42 years experience
No open sores: Hpv can be transmitted from the vagina to the mouth or penis of your partner. In the last few years there has been an increase in oral pharyngeal malignancies due to hpv. This is felt to be due to spread of the virus through oral sex.
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Last updated Sep 15, 2013

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