Article
Heritability of cervical tumours.
International journal of cancer - 1 Dec 2000
Magnusson P K, Lichtenstein P, Gyllensten U B
Abstract excerpt
Development of cervical cancer is strongly associated with genital infection of oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV). However, the majority of women infected with HPV never develop cancer; thus, additional factors appear to be necessary. The relative importance of genetic and environmental factors to the development of cervical tumours is not known. Therefore, we have estimated the heritability of...
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