Article
Viral role in cervical and liver cancer.
Cancer - 15 Sept 1992
Lancaster W D
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) have been suspected of playing a role in human malignancy. The long latency period (decades) and the fact that only a small proportion of infected individuals subsequently have cancer suggests that these viruses probably contribute...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Female
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Papillomaviridae
- Phenotype
- Time Factors
- Tumor Virus Infections
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms