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High prevalence of human papillomaviruses in fresh frozen breast cancer samples.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2011
Antonsson Annika, Spurr Terrence P, Chen Alice C, Francis Glenn D, McMillan Nigel A J, Saunders Nicholas A, Law Michael, Bennett Ian C
Abstract excerpt
While the etiology of breast cancer remains enigmatic, some recent reports have examined the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in breast carcinogenesis. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HPV in breast cancer tissue using PCR analysis and sequencing. Fifty-four (54) fresh frozen breast cancers samples that were removed from a cohort of breast cancer patients were analyzed. Samples were...
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