How to Use genital wart in a Sentence

genital wart

noun
  • That's because some strains cause genital warts, but many others don't.
    — Amy Marturana, SELF, 28 Dec. 2018
  • Although genital warts can go away on their own, seeing a doctor can get rid of them faster.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Some strains cause genital warts, but those aren’t the ones that cause cervical cancer.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2019
  • However, high-risk strains can cause cancers, and low-risk strains can cause genital warts.
    — Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
  • The vaccine can also protect against genital warts and helps prevent the spread of strains of the virus.
    — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Those aren’t meant for the delicate skin affected by genital warts.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 29 July 2018
  • Today, the plant is used in medicines that treat genital warts, which are a precursor to cancer, and as a treatment for some cancers.
    — Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
  • The samples were tested for the presence of two high-risk HPV types and two that cause genital warts.
    — Marie McCullough, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • But some types of HPV cause health problems from genital warts to certain cancers in both women and men.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • While some strains of HPV come and go without symptoms, some can cause cancer, while others can cause genital warts.
    — Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
  • For example, genital warts can be managed by topical ointments, cryotherapy, or can be removed via surgery.
    — Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
  • With just one vaccine, physicians can prevent 90% of cervical and anal cancers and genital warts, Medani said.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Oct. 2019
  • But the low-risk strains can cause genital warts, while the high-risk strains can lead to cervical cancer, oral cancers, anal cancer, and rarer forms of genital cancers.
    — Claire Lampen, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
  • The vaccination can also prevent genital warts, which CDC says do not lead to cancer.
    — Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • Patients with genital warts used to fill our college clinics, and now thankfully are significantly less common.
    — Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • There are hundreds of strains of the virus, some of which can cause health problems including genital warts and certain cancers such as cervical, mouth and throat cancer, vaginal and anal cancer.
    — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • These countries also saw a decrease in genital warts diagnoses among unvaccinated boys and older women.
    — NBC News, 27 June 2019
  • Many women diagnosed with cervical cancer also had genital warts caused by HPV.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • Warts that appear on the skin may respond to home treatments, but certain types of warts, such as genital warts and warts that appear on the mucous membranes, should be assessed by a healthcare professional.
    — Lacey Muinos, Verywell Health, 3 May 2024
  • Waxing and shaving could also irritate the skin and trigger an HPV, or genital wart, outbreak in a person who already has the virus.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The vaccines also reduce the likelihood of developing genital warts.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The study, reported the BBC, seemed to show that cases of genital warts fell considerably in young men and women over 30.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
  • Additionally, the vaccine doesn’t protect against every strain of HPV, just the ones most likely to cause cancer or genital warts.
    — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Certain low-risk strains—there are, in fact, more than 100 types of HPV in all—can cause genital warts or benign or low-grade changes in the cells of the uterine cervix.
    — Fortune, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Gardasil 9, which is the one that protects against nine strains of HPV — seven high-risk and the two that cause genital warts — is now approved from ages 9 to 45.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
  • But, for the remaining 10 percent, HPV can cause genital warts, dysplasia (abnormal cells that can lead to cancer), and cancer.
    — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 14 Dec. 2017
  • It has since been used as a model to help scientists study the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can similarly cause genital warts and lead to certain types of cancer.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Downregulation of Sonic Hedgehog signaling was found to promote genital warts.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Downregulation of Sonic Hedgehog signaling was found to promote genital warts.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The roughly 40 strains of genital HPV can lead to everything from genital warts to cervical cancer and, in rare cases, even vulvar, vaginal, or penile cancer.
    — Julie H. Case, Woman's Day, 5 Sep. 2017

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