Article
Significance of multiple HPV infection in cervical cancer patients and its impact on treatment response.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jan 2009
Munagala Radha, Donà M Gabriella, Rai Shesh N, Jenson Alferd B, Bala Nagarajan, Ghim Shin J, Gupta Ramesh C
Abstract excerpt
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the major cause of invasive cervical cancer (ICC). The study aim was to determine the prevalence of HPV genotypes and to correlate HPV types with response to radiotherapy. A total of 43 cervical biopsies collected from sequentially enrolled patients were analyzed by DNA amplification with MY09/MY11 primers and sequenced to determine the HPV genotype. Samples with multiple infections...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
