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Do you think gyn cancer runs in your family? Are you my cousin?
Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Apr 28, 2023 | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
Hi~
I read most of your post, but thought I should tell you my experience.
When I had cancer, I was told by my chemo oncologist (who I love and did trust with my life), ALL GYNECOLOGIC OR REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN CANCERS ARE CAUSED BY THE VIRUS HPV. Thus, they are not passed through families. As well, it takes approximately 30 years after exposure to HPV for a cancerous tumor to form in the individual. One of four sexually active people will have HPV, but it is fought off in most people. Good news is that young people now are vaccinated against HPV by their pediatricians.
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That's disturbing that your gyn would be spreading a falsehood like that. Many cervical and vulvar cancers are associated with HPV. To my knowledge, there is zero evidence that endometrial or ovarian cancers are. Feel free to cite any legitimate published sources to the contrary. And there is abundant evidence that Lynch syndrome increases the risk of endometrial cancer, and that BRCA mutations increase the risk of ovarian cancer (both without any association with HPV).