Sentences with phrase «called human papillomavirus»

Most cervical cancer is caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV).

Affecting sexually active women, in 99.7 % of all cases cervical cancer results from a history of infection by a group of viruses called human papillomavirus - or HPV.

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Once taken up by antigen - presenting cells, which help focus the immune system on an invader, the vaccine releases a factor that heightens their attention specifically to the cancer - promoting protein E7, a so - called oncoprotein that not only enables the human papillomavirus to multiply, but potentially cervical cancer cells to do the same.

YOU NOTICE Flesh - colored, cauliflower - shaped bumps either in your vagina or on your vulva THEY»RE PROBABLY Genital warts — caused by certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV)-- but they could also be skin tags or a condition called molluscum contagiosum.