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Papillomaviruses Causing Cancer: Evasion From Host-Cell Control in Early Events in Carcinogenesis
3 May 2000
Abstract excerpt
During the past 20 years, several types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been identified that cause specific types of cancers. The etiology of cancer of the cervix has been linked to several types of HPV, with a high preponderance of HPV16. The role of these virus infections has been established 1) by the regular presence of HPV DNA in the respective tumor biopsy specimens, 2) by the demonstration of viral...
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