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[HPV and cancer].
Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja - 1 Jan 2015
Syrjänen Stina, Rautava Jaana
Abstract excerpt
Almost all acquire a genital HPV infection at some point in their life. Oral infections are also common. The majority of the infections are asymptomatic and get cleared, spontaneously. There are 180 HPV genotypes, of which HPV16 is the main cause of cervical cancer in addition to other carcinomas. HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer incidence has almost tripled in the last 30 years in Finland. Of the eight genes of...
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