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 Cervical Cancer Genetics

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women of developing countries. Its initiation is linked with numerous risk factors, including commencing sexual relations at an early age, having multiple sex partners, bad nutrition, cigarette smoking and acquiring sexually transmitted diseases. Genetics play a vital role in many types of cancers. Patients acquire cancer genes sporadically either by abnormal mutation or via their parents. Cervical cancer, according to Fred Bunz in the book “Principles of cancer genetics,” cervical cancers are predominantly acquired by infection, not genetics. It is attributed to HPV (Human Papillomavirus), a sexually transmitted infection.

Not all women with the HPV virus develop cervical cancer. Research suggests that other factors, including genetics, play a role in the progression of HPV to full-blown cervical cancer. Women with relatives who have cervical cancer have two-times greater a risk of developing the condition than those who do not, suggesting either exposure to similar environmental conditions or genetics.  According to S.V.Hodgson et.al., in the book “A practical guide to human cancer genetics,” cervical cancer can occur due to a complication of inherited skin conditions including dyskeratosis congenita and ectodermal dysplasia.

However, no single gene has yet been found to increase the risk of developing cervical cancer due to an HPV infection and a purely genetic predisposition to cervical cancer is rare.

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