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NooneAtAll3 5 days ago

Cervical cancer (uterus), not skin cancer from a bad papillomas as I thought after looking up what HPV meant

mitb6 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Also throat, mouth, tongue, anal and penile cancers.

astura 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Add in anal cancer too

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tialaramex 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It turns out a human body has a lot of surfaces facing the "outside" in some sense and we forget about the parts we can't see. Most of this surface is not covered in what we'd conventionally consider skin. It's bit like if you were looking at surfaces in a house and forgot the walls and ceiling.

Fomite 4 days ago | parent [-]

Humans (and most animals) are just tubes with extra bits.