Can a woman who has cervical cancer caused my HPV give her partner penile cancer?
Cancer of the penis is linked to high risk HPV types. These same high risk HPV types cause virtually all cervical cancer. HPV is transmitted through sex and sex play. Here in the US cancer of the penis is rare. While the link with this cancer is HPV most men do not develop this cancer….even though they carry these high risk HPV types and can transmitted them to their sex partner…most often never knowing they carry the virus. Your sex partner that had cervical cancer will not cause you to have cancer of the penis…but you will most probably acquire her HPV type. Cancer of the penis is extremely rare in the U.S., affecting only about 1,500 men each year. The penile cancer rate is much higher among men in India and some South American countries. M. D. Anderson treats about 30 cases of penile cancer each year, as compared to one case every two to three years treated by urologists outside a major cancer center. The larger patient volume allows M. D. Anderson urologists to obtain crucia
