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High-risk and low-risk human papillomavirus in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma at Mazandaran, Northern Iran.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Jul 2013
Yahyapour Y, Shamsi-Shahrabadi M, Mahmoudi M, Motevallian A, Siadati S, Shefaii S, Shirvani J Shokri, Mollaie H R, Monavari Seyed Hamid Reza, Keyvani Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Cancers are the second most common cause of non-accidental deaths in Iran, following cardiovascular deaths. Mazandaran, near the Caspian Littoral at north of Iran have identified as a several-high incidence area for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) in the world. Several associated risk factors, such as dietary and cultural habits, infectious agents, nutritional deficiencies, too much use of tobacco and...
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