Cervical Cancer
PCR more HPV-sensitive than signal amplified in situ hybridization
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 19th, 2004
"However, the use of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is not yet a standard diagnostic method in many laboratories, in particular for the quantification of human papillomavirus (HPV). Particularly high-risk HPV types are involved in almost 100% of the carcinogenesis of cervical cancer," wrote K. Biedermann and colleagues.
They "compared the diagnostic applicability and sensitivity of real-time PCR to that of...
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