Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in bronchopulmonary carcinomas by Hybrid Capture II

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BACKGROUND: Some human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are oncogenic in the cervix and are also associated with benign and malignant proliferations in other organs. Currently, the association of HPV with tumors of the lower respiratory tract is not so clearly defined because the studies are difficult to compare; series of cases reported from different geographic regions have used frozen or formalin fixed samples and a...

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