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HPV Can Cause Skin Cancer, Too

Kevin Berman, MD, PhD
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Kevin Berman, M.D., Ph.D., is a practicing dermatologist in Atlanta,...

Kevin Berman, MD, PhD

Thursday, September 06, 2007
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Hi everyone. We spend a lot of time talking about skin cancers in sun exposed areas. Today I want to talk about a specific kind of skin cancer that is caused by a virus and not sun exposure. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most commonly diagnosed skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma is the m...
  1. Squamous cell carcinoma
    Karen
    Friday, October 03, 2008 at 02:48 PM

    I recently heard that many people who do not smoke are coming up with this disease in their throat, or mouth.  Can oral sex be transmitting the disease, and why don't we have a campagne to tell people about that danger.  Can the vaccine work for a possible case of cancer in the throat?  I was diagnosed with HPV 10 years ago, and the doctor said I didn't need to notify my sex partners because I could have been carrying the disease for years, and not known it, it was not known where I contracted the disease, you can carry and transmit the disease without knowing it.  Now I hear that oral sex might be transmitting cancer.  How will the message get out?

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Actinic Keratosis is a precancerous skin condition that develops when the skin is exposed to sun.

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