What Is Vulvar Cancer?
5. Who’s At Risk?
Pretty much any female can get vulvar cancer, but it is more likely to occur in older people, while people who smoke are also in a higher risk category. Having a skin condition known as lichen sclerosus will also make it more likely that vulvar cancer will develop.
Having had precancerous conditions of the vulva will also make a person more prone to developing vulvar cancer. A weakened immune system will also make somebody more prone and this can be caused by factors like medications that suppress the immune system. Somebody who has had the HPV virus in the past is also more prone to vulvar cancer.
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