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<Articles JournalTitle="Basic &amp; Clinical Cancer Research">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Basic &amp; Clinical Cancer Research</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2228-6527</Issn>
      <Volume>11</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>26</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Water-pipe as a Risk Factor for Genital Warts? A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>142</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>146</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Faezeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ghaemdoust</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Azin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Nahvijou</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Cancer Research Center of Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farah</FirstName>
        <LastName>Farzaneh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Preventative gynecology research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>17</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually&#xA0;transmitted infection in the world. HPV infection can cause some types of cancer&#xA0;including female genital cancers (cervical cancer, vulvar) and male genital cancer as&#xA0;well as oropharyngeal cancers and genital warts. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor of&#xA0;cervical cancer or genital warts.
Case presentation: This case report present a young woman who developed extensive genital warts a year after starting water-pipe smoking. These genital warts&#xA0;healed spontaneously after cessation of water-pipe smoking.
Conclusion: The primary hypothesis that could be propounded, is that water-pipe&#xA0;smoke plays a role as an independent risk factor in developing genital warts, similar&#xA0;to cigarette smoke. In addition, water pipe smking may transmit different infections,&#xA0;including HPV infection through sharing the mouth tips of the water pipe between&#xA0;the users.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://bccr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/bccrj/article/view/316</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
