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Cervical Cancer
New findings in cervical cancer described by F. Zucchi and co-researchers
May 21st, 2009
"Apoptosis is an important fail-safe control in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated carcinogenesis. We tested the hypothesis that the A/G polymorphism at -670 of Fas promoter is associated with an increased risk for cervical cancer, using a matched case-control setting," scientists writing in the European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology report. "The material in this case-control study consisted of 91 patients with cervical carcinoma and 176 population-based control subjects, recruited between 2002 and 2004 all the ethnic Brazilian women had histologically confirmed cervical carcinoma. Control Subjects were age-matched; healthy women who were selected...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-21)
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