Question 155 · LEK · Cervical cancer
Which of the following is not a proved risk factor for cervical cancer?
- A. HPV infection.
- B. cigarette smoking.
- C. vaginal coinfection/infection.
- D. hyperglycemia.
- E. immunosuppression.
Hint
List the factors that favour persistent oncogenic HPV infection; one option is a metabolic factor not linked to this cancer.
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