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Cervical Cancer
Study looks at risk factors for invasive disease among HPV-exposed women
December 30th, 2004
Scientists with the U.S. National Cancer Institute have conducted a case-control study looking at risk factors for invasive ovarian cancer among women exposed to oncogenic types of human papillomavirus. T.S. Shields and colleagues wrote, "Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, the necessary cause of most cervical cancers, are common and usually clear within 1 to 2 years. Identifying cofactors that lead to cancer among HPV-infected women has depended mainly on case-control studies defining HPV by DNA testing. DNA testing assesses only current infection; thus, concerns about residual confounding remain." In their study, Shields's group "used...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-30)
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