The main concern for cervical cancer is HPV but if you are a smoker it increases your risk as well as anyone who's mother took the drug diethylstilbestrol(sp?) during pregnancy to avoid miscarriage. That was basically the only things I could find that would cause cervical cancer in virgins, except of course if you have a history of it in your family in which case it could be hereditary.
Smoking and family history increase risk, but the cervical cancer in question is still caused by HPV. Smoking makes it harder for the body to fight off HPV infection, and for family history, it is believed that some people are more genetically vulnerable to HPV.
Cervical cancer caused by DES is not related to HPV, however, and it's a different kind of cervical cancer ("clear cell adenocacinoma") than what is seen in people who have not been exposed to DES.
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Date: 2009-03-19 09:34 am (UTC)Smoking and family history increase risk, but the cervical cancer in question is still caused by HPV. Smoking makes it harder for the body to fight off HPV infection, and for family history, it is believed that some people are more genetically vulnerable to HPV.
Cervical cancer caused by DES is not related to HPV, however, and it's a different kind of cervical cancer ("clear cell adenocacinoma") than what is seen in people who have not been exposed to DES.