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Prognostic impact of human papilloma virus (HPV) genotyping and HPV-16 subtyping in vaginal carcinoma.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 May 2013
Larsson Gabriella Lillsunde, Helenius Gisela, Andersson Sören, Sorbe Bengt, Karlsson Mats G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study are to investigate the human papilloma virus (HPV) distribution in vaginal cancer and to evaluate HPV-genotype as well as HPV16-variant impact on prognosis. METHODS: Sixty-nine patients diagnosed with primary vaginal carcinoma (1975-2002) were included in the study. Detection of twelve high-risk HPV (hr HPV) and two low-risk HPV (lr HPV) was performed with realtime-PCR....
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