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Each of the virus types that can cause cervical cancer is called high-risk HPV. The HPV test looks for high-risk HPV.

High-risk HPV itself is not cancer. But if high-risk HPV remains in the cervix for years, it can cause changes in healthy cells that lead to cancer.