Editing Cervical cancer (section)

=== LGBTQ populations ===
Transgender men and gender-diverse people who have a cervix (even if partially intact) or have a prior history of cervical cancer or precancerous conditions, and are age 21 or older who have ever had sex with anyone need to get screened for cervical cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=As a trans man, do I need to get screened for cervical cancer? |url=https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/find-cancer-early/screening-in-lgbtq-communities/as-a-trans-man-do-i-need-to-get-screened-for-cervical-cancer |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=Canadian Cancer Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-27 |title=Should trans men have cervical screening tests? |url=https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/sexual-health/should-trans-men-have-cervical-screening-tests/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=nhs.uk |language=en}}</ref> Transmasculine people are just as likely as cisgender women to have cervical cancer, but are less likely to undergo cervical screening, because of dysphoria, gender disaffirmation or disempowerment of the individual by healthcare providers,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein IM, McDowell MJ, Pardee DJ, Agénor M, Alizaga NM, Reisner SL, Potter J | display-authors = 6 | title = Enacting power and constructing gender in cervical cancer screening encounters between transmasculine patients and health care providers | journal = Culture, Health & Sexuality | volume = 22 | issue = 12 | pages = 1315–1332 | date = December 2020 | pmid = 31661659 | pmc = 7188565 | doi = 10.1080/13691058.2019.1677942 }}</ref> or being misinformed of HPV and cervical cancer risks<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Potter J, Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein I, Reisner SL, Alizaga NM, Agénor M, Pardee DJ | title = Cervical Cancer Screening for Patients on the Female-to-Male Spectrum: a Narrative Review and Guide for Clinicians | journal = Journal of General Internal Medicine | volume = 30 | issue = 12 | pages = 1857–1864 | date = December 2015 | pmid = 26160483 | pmc = 4636588 | doi = 10.1007/s11606-015-3462-8 }}</ref>  as well as many healthcare providers perceiving transmasculine individuals to be at low risk of cervical cancer.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein IM, McDowell M, Alizaga NM, Reisner SL, Pardee DJ, Potter J | display-authors = 6 | title = Perceptions of cervical cancer risk and screening among transmasculine individuals: patient and provider perspectives | journal = Culture, Health & Sexuality | volume = 18 | issue = 10 | pages = 1192–1206 | date = October 2016 | pmid = 27142466 | doi = 10.1080/13691058.2016.1177203 | s2cid = 22036018 }}</ref>

Transgender women who have not had bottom surgery have no risk of cervical cancer, as they do not have a cervix. Trans women who have had bottom surgery to create a vagina (vaginoplasty) and possibly a cervix, are at a very small risk to develop cancer in the tissues of their neo-vagina or neo-cervix as these tissues are made up of different cells than a cervix in a cisgender woman<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-10-10 |title=I'm trans or non-binary, does this affect my cancer screening? |url=https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-symptoms/spot-cancer-early/screening/trans-and-non-binary-cancer-screening |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Cancer Research UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=As a trans woman, do I need to get screened for cervical cancer? |url=https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/find-cancer-early/screening-in-lgbtq-communities/as-a-trans-woman-do-i-need-to-get-screened-for-cervical-cancer |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=Canadian Cancer Society}}</ref> Cervical cancer screening is not necessary in trans women who have undergone vaginoplasty because they do not have a cervix.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Labanca T, Mañero I, Pannunzio M | title = Transgender patients: considerations for routine gynecologic care and cancer screening | journal = International Journal of Gynecological Cancer | volume = 30 | issue = 12 | pages = 1990–1996 | date = December 2020 | pmid = 33109526 | doi = 10.1136/ijgc-2020-001860 | s2cid = 225096075 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

[[Intersex]] people with a cervix are also able to have cervical cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-20 |title=Causes of cervical cancer |url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-cancer/causes/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=nhs.uk |language=en}}</ref>
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