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Sarah Allinson, Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University

Skin cancer: is HPV also a potential cause?

HPV are a common group of viruses which can infect skin and other parts of the body. Anusorn Nakdee/ Shutterstock

Skin cancer is typically caused by damage to the skin’s cells from ultraviolet radiation. But a recent case study has just shed light on another potential cause: human papillomavirus.

The report, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, focused on the case of a 34-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with over 40 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). This is the second most common type of skin cancer.

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