Women who overcome cervical cancer might have another potentially life-threatening health crisis on their horizon, researchers say.
Cervical cancer survivors have nearly double the risk of developing anal cancers compared to the general population, researchers reported Thursday in JAMA Network Open.
And their risk increases as they grow older, and as time passes since their cervical cancer treatment, results show.
Both types of cancer are linked to infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers noted. The virus is mainly spread during intimate contact.
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