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Human papillomavirus and penile cancers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: HPV typing and clinical features.
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology - 1 Jan 2000
Scheiner Marcos A, Campos Mercia M, Ornellas Antonio A, Chin Eduardo W, Ornellas Maria H, Andrada-Serpa Maria J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in penile cancers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied, prospectively, 80 consecutive cases of patients with penile cancers who underwent surgical treatment at three different Hospitals in Rio de Janeiro between March 1995 and June 2000. Of these patients, 72 were diagnosed with invasive squamous cell carcinoma and 8...
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