The Guardian, Friday 29 January 2016 10.03 AEDT
Women with abnormal cells on their cervix owing to certain types of human papillomavirus infection are at higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life, the findings from a new study suggest.
An expert in medical genetics with the University of Newcastle, Prof Rodney Scott, said it appeared HPV accounted for a “very small” proportion of women who developed breast cancer at a younger age. “But given the number of women presenting with breast cancer overall, it is important for further studies to be carried out to prove a relationship,” he said.
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