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Investigating a cluster of vulvar cancer in young women: a cross-sectional study of genital human papillomavirus prevalence.
BMC infectious diseases - 5 Oct 2012
Rumbold Alice R, Tan Sarah E, Condon John R, Taylor-Thomson Debbie, Nickels Maria, Tabrizi Sepehr N, Davy Margaret L J, O'Brien Margaret M, Connors Christine M, Zardawi Ibrahim, Stankovich Jim, Garland Suzanne M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vulvar cancer is a relatively rare malignancy, which occurs most often in postmenopausal women. We have previously identified a geographic cluster of vulvar cancer in young Indigenous women living in remote communities in the Arnhem Land region of Australia. In this population, we investigated the prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in anogenital samples...
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