Article
Detection of human papillomavirus genotypes in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cancer patients: Sharkia Governorate, Egypt.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2011
Abd El-Azim Shymaa, Lotfy Mohamed, Omr Ayman
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CCA) is the 2nd most common cancer among women worldwide. For approximately 2 years now, CCA has been converted from an oncological disease to an infectious disease, almost certainly caused by Human papillomavirus (HPV). Development of effective vaccines against the v...
Topics
- Biopsy
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- DNA Probes, HPV
- DNA, Viral
- Egypt
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hysterectomy
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
