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Research reports from University of Heidelberg provide new insights into breast cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 12th, 2007

Researchers detail in "Breast cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection: no evidence of a viral etiology in a group of Swiss women," new data in breast cancer. According to a study from Heidelberg, Germany, "There are controversial data on the meaning of viral induction of breast cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in patients with breast carcinoma and the correlation of viral infection with disease outcome."

"Paraffin-embedded sections from 81 patients with breast cancer were analyzed for HPV DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the SPF1/2 primers covering about 40 different low-,...

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