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Human Papillomavirus Infection and Incidence of Squamous Cell and Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Skin
14 Mar 2006
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BACKGROUND: Although infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is a major risk factor for several epithelial cancers, an etiologic relationship between HPV and keratinocyte cancers, such as squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), remains unclear. METHODS: In a population-based case-control study of 252 SCC case patients, 525 BCC case patients, and 461 control subjects, we used...
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