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Cervical Cancer
Research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in the area of cervical cancer published
October 16th, 2008
" Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer among women worldwide. Human papillomavirus (HPV) plays a central role in the etiology of cervical cancer," investigators in Shanghai, People's Republic of China report. "It is important to describe the prevalence of HPV infection in different types of cervical lesions and to explore the relation between HPV viral load and the severity of cervical lesions. To describe the HPV infection prevalence and viral load in different age groups, we retrospectively investigated 6405 cases of women who were organized by their units to take health-examination. They were given Hybrid Capture 11 tests between...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-16)
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