Article
Human papillomavirus prevalence in invasive cervical carcinomas in Bulgaria.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Dec 2010
Todorova I, Ganchev G, Shikova E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although Bulgaria has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the EU, data on HPV type distribution are limited. AIM: To determine the prevalence of HPV types 16 and 18 in archival specimens from cervical cancer cases from Bulgaria. METHODS: A total of 145 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples from women with histologically proven invasive squamous cell...
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