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Preview- It might seem apparant that, the type of cancer HPV causes most often is cervical cancer. Cervical cancer, cancer that forms in tissues of the cervix (i.e., neck, or cervix of uterus) (the organ connecting the uterus (i.e., metra, or womb) and vagina). It is usually a slow-growing cancer that may not have symptoms but can be found with regular Pap tests (a procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix and looked at under a microscope). Cervical cancer is almost always caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Cervical, relating to the neck (i.e., cervix, or collum), or to the neck of any organ or structure. Cervical lymph nodes are located in the neck. Cervical cancer refers to cancer of the uterine cervix, which is the lower (i.e., inferior, or lower tubercle), narrow end (the neck ) of the uterus.
