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The role of human papillomaviruses in human cancers
1 Jan 2002
Abstract excerpt
Of the more than 100 different human papillomavirus types (HPVs), the "high-risk" HPVs are associated with the vast majority of cervical carcinoma, and a pathologically distinct group of oropharyngeal tumors. In addition, other HPVs are associated with cutaneous tumors, in particular epidermodysplasia verruciformis and non-melanoma skin cancers. In general, HPV-associated cancers arise from a single accidental...
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