A 48-year-old female presents to her family physician complaining of post-coital pain. She initially thought that this was related to her age but recently she has been feeling a constant dull pain in her pelvis. She also reports having a foul-smelling discharge from her vagina. Her past medical and surgical history reveal nothing significant along but she says that she has had several sexual partners in her early teenage years and twenties. She currently smokes about 10 cigarettes a day for the past 10 years and does not consume alcohol. On examination, the doctor finds an irregular mass on her cervix. Which of the following best describes the mechanism for the strongest risk factor for this patient's condition?Human papilloma virus 16 and 18 produces oncoproteins which causes inhibition of the tumor suppressor genes causing cervical carcinomaCigarette smoking produces dysplasia of the squamocolumnar junction lead

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