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[Human papilloma virus and lymphatic metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix].
Voprosy onkologii - 1 Jan 2011
Bakhidze E V, Lavrinovich O E, Chepik O F, Kiselev O I
Abstract excerpt
Our study included 112 patients with squamous cell cervical carcinoma la-lib stages (FIGO). All of them were restaged on the basis of histological evidence after surgical treatment. Ninety-eight were staged at final analysis. Human papilloma virus (HPV) was detected in endocervical smears and paraffin blocks of lymph nodes by PCR and real-time PCR. Oncogenic HPV in primary tumor was detected in 86 (87.8%); two or...
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