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How rare is endometrial cancer in virgins?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Oct 7, 2023 | Replies (11)

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I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Does she have a treatment plan?

Cancers of the cervix, vulva, and vagina are associated with infection with HPV (human papilloma virus), which is sexually transmitted. HPV doesn't have anything to do with endometrial cancer. However, two factors that are known to increase risk for endometrial cancer are never having been pregnant and being overweight. A paper from 1969 that I found on Google says that 63 percent of gynecological cancer deaths in nuns were from uterine cancer.

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@val64 Thank you so much for your answer! Yes, she does have a treatment plan: hysterectomy, then chemo, followed by radiotherapy and possibly brachytherapy. I guess we have to wait for surgery and then biopsy to see what actually "fed" her cancer. I'll post as soon as she has the result from her biopsy. Keep her in your prayers! Thank you again!