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Chlamydia trachomatis associated with invasive cervical cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 7th, 2004

Results of an international study show an association of Chlamydia trachomatis with invasive cervical carcinoma regardless of human papillomavirus status.

J.S. Smith and colleagues at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, explained, "To determine whether Chlamydia trachomatis infection is consistently associated with an increased risk of invasive cervical carcinoma (ICC) after accounting for the strong effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, a case-control study of 1,238 cases of ICC and 1,100 control women from seven countries was carried out (hospital-based studies in Thailand, the Philippines, Morocco, Peru, Brazil,...

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