Article
Distribution of HPV genotypes in women with cervical cancer in Auckland, New Zealand; a review of 50 specimens between 2000-2006.
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Feb 2011
Williamson Deborah, Nagappan Radhika, Sirikonda Rao, Rahnama Fahimeh, Thomas Stephen, Lovell-Smith Margaret, Croxson Margaret
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In New Zealand, around two hundred women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, with approximately seventy deaths from cervical cancer per year. AIM: Our aim was to determine the distribution of oncogenic HPV genotypes in biopsy specimens from women with diagnosed cervical cancers in the Auckland region of New Zealand between 2000-2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Confirmed cases of cervical...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Human papillomavirus 16
- Human papillomavirus 18
- Humans
- New Zealand
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
