Does HPV remain in your system after a hysterectomy, and would one still be at risk of cervical cancer?

... or any other cancers.

A hysterectomy most commonly removes the diseased cervix but in very rare cases the cancer can reoccur. The virus can still be in the tissue of the vaginal canal or on the vulva.

Genital high risk HPV types are found in vulva vaginal oral and anal cancers.

I had a total adnominal hysterectomy in 1998 due to endometriosis, problems cysts of the ovaries, fibroids never had an abnormal pap smear and none of the samples taken at my surgery shows abnormal cells of the cervix. 1999 diagnosed with HPV of the vaginal cuff 2001 diagnosis of CIS of the vulva.

It is important to follow your doctors recommendation regarding screening after a hysterectomy that involves a progressive HPV infection. After removal of the cervix the sample is taken of the vaginal cuff.

Patients with recurrent cervical cancer after primary treatment with surgery and radiation or radiation alone are faced with few options because chemotherapy is at best palliative, and the 1- and 5-year survival rates are, respectively, 15% and less than 5%.

http://www.emedicine.com/med/TOPIC3332.H...

Idon't know about other cancers... but generally when they do a hysterectomy they remove the cervix. therefore after a hysterectomy no pap smears are needed each year... just every 5 years. hope that helps.

Yes it does remain in our system. Many times when a hysterectomy is done part of the cervix is left, so that would mean that yes, you could still get cervicle cancer.

Yes, it is always in your system b/c it is a virus. Yes, if you still have a cervix.

It is virus so it would probably be there. After a hysterectomy there is no cervix. You need a pap smear every year.

HPV is on the cervix, which isn't removed with a hysterectomy. You could still be at risk. HPV also goes away on it's own though.