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Human papillomavirus is associated with breast cancer in the north part of Iran.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2012
Sigaroodi Afsaneh, Nadji Seyed Alireza, Naghshvar Farshad, Nategh Rakhshandeh, Emami Habib, Velayati Ali Akbar
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed the possible relevance of HPV infection for breast cancer risk among Iranian women from north part of Iran. Among women with breast cancer, 25.9% had positive test results for HPV DNA in breast tumor samples in contrast to 2.4% of women with noncancer status (P = 0.002). The infection of HPV has increased the risk of breast cancer (OR 14.247; 95% CI 1.558-130.284, P = 0.019). The high-risk HPV...
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