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Chlamydia trachomatis and risk of prevalent and incident cervical premalignancy in a population-based cohort.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Dec 2010
Safaeian Mahboobeh, Quint Koen, Schiffman Mark, Rodriguez Ana Cecilia, Wacholder Sholom, Herrero Rolando, Hildesheim Allan, Viscidi Raphael P, Quint Wim, Burk Robert D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cofactors might affect the risk of the rare progression from infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) to cervical premalignancy to invasive cancer. Some studies have observed that Chlamydia trachomatis infection is associated with increased risk for cervical cancer. In a large prospective cohort, we assessed the role of C trachomatis in cervical premalignancy and addressed confounding by...
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