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Cervical Cancer
Studies from I. Kohaar et al have provided new data on cervical cancer
June 16th, 2009
According to a study from India, "We investigated the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)II(DRB1 and DQB1) alleles with susceptibility to human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical precancer and cancer cases in a hospital-based case-control study in a northern Indian population." "A total of 202 subjects, including 100 patients comprising 31 cervical precancer (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] 2/3) and 69 invasive cervical cancer cases, and 102 healthy controls participated in the study. Both patients and controls were screened for HPV infection using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR-based approach," wrote I. Kohaar and colleagues. ...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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