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Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Variants and Risk of Cervical Cancer
21 Feb 2001
Abstract excerpt
There are substantial data demonstrating that human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the sexually transmitted etiologic agents of cervical cancer (1). HPV type 16 (HPV16) is the most common HPV type detected in tumors, accounting for 50% of cancers and their precursors, called high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) (2). Preliminary studies (3–16) have suggested that variants of HPV16 may show varying...
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