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Human papillomavirus infection at the United States-Mexico border: implications for cervical cancer prevention and control.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Nov 2001
Giuliano A R, Papenfuss M, Abrahamsen M, Denman C, de Zapien J G, Henze J L, Ortega L, Brown de Galaz E M, Stephan J, Feng J, Baldwin S, Garcia F, Hatch K
Abstract excerpt
The United States-Mexico border is a region comprised of a country with one of the highest rates of invasive cervical cancer (Mexico) and a country with one of the lowest rates (United States). Recent evidence clearly indicates that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the cause of cervical cancer. The distribution of specific types of HPV is known to vary in different regions of the world, as do the cofactors...
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