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Cervical Cancer
Research results from University of Antwerp update knowledge of cervical cancer
May 21st, 2009
According to recent research from Antwerp, Belgium, "Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are associated with anogenital cancer. Little is known about the prevalence of microsatellite instability (MSI) in cervical cancer." "The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of microsatellite instability in cervical cancer and to see whether there is a relation between MSI, HPV and clinicopathological characteristics in the study, population. Using three assays (pU 1M/2R, GP5+/6+ and E6-nested multiplex PCR) HPV was detected in I 10 out of 113 patients with histologically confirmed cervical cancer. The presence of MSI was investigated in 95 of the 113 cases using seven...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-21)
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