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Cervical Cancer
Type-specific associations of HPV load with cancer risk needs more study
January 20th, 2005
According to a study from Sweden, "We have previously shown that high human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 load in Papanicolaou smears negative for dysplasia is strongly associated with risk for carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the cervix. "Here we study the amount of HPV DNA for some of the most frequent high-risk HPV types as determinants of progression to cervical CIS," reported M. Moberg and colleagues, University of Uppsala. They used real-time polymerase chain reaction "to estimate the normalized viral load of HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 52, 58, and 67 in 457 cases of cervical CIS and 552 matched population controls." "A total of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-20)
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