http://cancerpreventionguide.net The Blog about Cancer Prevention and Treatment Sat, 12 May 2012 17:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cancerpreventionguide.net/real-world-issues/hpv-virus-linked-to-lung-cancer/ http://cancerpreventionguide.net/real-world-issues/hpv-virus-linked-to-lung-cancer/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:41:10 +0000 Avatar http://cancerpreventionguide.net/real-world-issues/hpv-virus-linked-to-lung-cancer/ Research submitted to the 1st European Lung Cancer Conference have conclusive proof that may warrant more study that the human HPV virus has a role in the formation of lung cancer. Smoking is still the main contributory factor for contracting lung cancer but the presence of the HPV virus in the lungs of women who have lung cancer may establish a link between the two diseases. HPV or the Human Papilloma Virus is a cause of cervical cancer and the discovery was quite a surprise for it shows that the virus present in the cervix that caused it to form there was present in the lungs of all test subjects. HPV is now being looked at as a co-carcinogen or cancer causing agent and future studies may prove a link should it really be there.

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