Finnish Cancer Registry

HPVs, C. trachomatis don't interact in cancer development

Published in Oncology Business Week, July 25th, 2004

There are no joint effects of human papillomaviruses and Chlamydia trachomatis infection on the development of cervical squamous cell carcinoma, researchers say.

Researchers in Finland conducted a "case-control study based in Nordic serum banks [that] evaluated the joint effects of infections with genital human papillomavirus (HPV) types, and Chlamydia trachomatis in the etiology of cervical squamous cell carcinoma."

"Through a linkage with the cancer registries, 144 cases were identified and 420 controls matched to them. Exposure to past infections was defined by the presence of specific IgG [immunoglobulin G] antibodies," reported T....

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