title: Keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix in a sexually inexperienced woman: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Even though cervical cancer is largely considered to be a sexually transmitted disease with a viral etiology, other modes of transmission are theoretically possible.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 38-year-old woman with cervical squamous cell carcinoma adamantly denied having ever had sexual intercourse due to personal, religious and cultural beliefs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because the human papillomavirus may be spread via nonsexual means, Pap smear screening in sexually active and inexperienced women is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252, Wu-Hsin Street, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I Te
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ching Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wen Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Wei Yu
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012746:Sexual Abstinence; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy