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New HPV update: your cancer risk may be higher than you think. (Cosmo Gyno).(human papillomavirus )(Brief Article)

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| June 01, 2003 | Grumman, Rachel | COPYRIGHT 2003 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the STD human papillomavirus, also known as HPV. There are at least 100 strains of the virus, and until recently, scientists had only confirmed that two strains of the virus (types 16 and 18) caused the disease, says Diane Solomon, M.D., a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute's division of cancer prevention. But now 13 other HPV types have been identified as carcinogenic, according to recent research ...

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