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Cervical Cancer
Human papillomavirus etiology of cervical adenocarcinoma and cofactors are focus of review
May 10th, 2006
Researchers review world-wide human papillomavirus etiology of cervical adenocarcinoma and its cofactors in a recent issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. According to the review, "Most cancers of the uterine cervix are squamous cell carcinomas. Although the incidence of such carcinomas of the uterine cervix has declined over time, that of cervical adenocarcinoma has risen in recent years. The extent to which human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cofactors may explain this differential trend is unclear." "We pooled data from eight case-control studies of cervical cancer that were conducted on three continents," wrote Xavier...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-05-10)
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