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Genetic susceptibility to cervical cancer: role of common polymorphisms in apoptosis-related genes.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Sept 2015
Tan Shing Cheng, Ankathil Ravindran
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is a common malignancy which poses a significant health burden among women, especially those living in the developing countries. Although human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been unequivocally implicated in the etiopathogenesis of the cancer, it alone is not adequate to contribute to the malignant transformation of cervical cells. Most HPV infections regress spontaneously, and only a small...
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