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Human Papillomavirus
Research in the area of human papillomavirus reported from J.L. Pretet and colleagues
September 16th, 2008
According to recent research from Besancon, France, "In the present study (EDiTH III study), the genotype-specific prevalence of HPV in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) was estimated to predict the potential benefit of HPV vaccination in France. This prevalence was compared to that previously reported in France in high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2/3, EDiTH II study) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC, EDiTH I study) to identify the genotypes preferentially associated with a progression to malignancy." "397 smears with LSIL diagnosis (Preservcyt (R)) were retrospectively collected in different centres in France and genotyped using the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-16)
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