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Cervical Cancer
New findings in cervical cancer described from University of Caxias do Sul
November 25th, 2008
"The purpose of the present study was to identify the expression of p16(INK4) in cervical cancer precursor lesions by immunohistochemistry and to correlate it with lesion grade and presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Cervical specimens from 144 women seen consecutively at the gynecology outpatient clinic of our institution from December 2003 to May 2005 were analyzed by cytopathology, histopathology, polymerase chain reaction for HPV-DNA, and p16(INK4) immunostaining," investigators in Brazil report. "Histologically normal biopsies, HPV-DNA negative by polymerase chain reaction, were used as control. HPV-DNA prevalence, including the control group, was...
Source: Virus Weekly (2008-11-25)
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