Breast Cancer linked to HPV says Australian Research Scientist

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Breast cancer may be sexually transmitted
Judy Skatssoon
ABC Science Online
Tuesday, 12 December 2006



Breast cancer could be sexually transmitted, says a researcher who has found the same virus that causes cervical cancer in breast cancer tumours from Australian women.

Emeritus Professor James Lawson of the University of New South Wales and colleagues have found the same form of the human papillomavirus (HPV) associated with cervical cancer in almost half the breast tumour samples they tested.

It's the first study of its kind in Australia, although international studies have also found cervical cancer-related HPV in breast cancer cells.

He says while the evidence is far from conclusive, "it's possible and totally worthy of investigation" to suspect that HPV could also cause breast cancer.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1808903.htm

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1. wow

:wow:

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2. Wow. Who says sex education and condoms are not important to young

girls!!!

[OzarkDem]

3. I dunno

That sounds very, very, very preliminary.