Women's Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Women's Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Breast Cancer
Reports summarize breast cancer research from A.P. Mendizabalruiz and co-authors
March 26th, 2009
"Human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the aetiological agent for cervical cancer. Several reports have addressed a relationship with HPV and breast cancer, as different HPVs have been identified," scientists in Guadalajara, Mexico report. "The purpose of this study was to detect HPV DNA in 67 breast cancer patients and 40 non-malignant disease breast tissues by means of Polymerase Chain Reaction with consensus primers. The frequency of HPV in the cases group were 4.4% (3/67) and no positive samples among the reference group were identified. From the 3 positive samples, HPV types 16, 18 and 33 were identified by restriction patterns and direct sequencing. The high...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-26)
|
