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Prevalence of human papillomaviruses in lung carcinomas: a study of 218 cases.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Dec 2005
Coissard Cyrille J, Besson Guillaume, Polette Myriam C, Monteau Michel, Birembaut Philippe L, Clavel Christine E
Abstract excerpt
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) are largely implicated in the carcinogenesis of cervical carcinomas. Their role in bronchopulmonary carcinomas is still unclear. In the present study, we have explored 218 fresh frozen lung tumours for the presence of HPV with the Roche line blot assay and for the expression of mRNAs encoding E6 oncoprotein in HPV positive tumours. Only four samples were positive for HPV...
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