Serologic Association Between Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Infection and Esophageal Cancer in Shaanxi Province, China

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BACKGROUND: The existence of large geographic variations in the prevalence of esophageal cancer in some countries, such as China, indicates that environmental risk factors may be important in the development of this disease. Some studies have implicated genital-mucosal strains of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in the etiology of this cancer. PURPOSE: We conducted a case-control study in Shaanxi Province, China, an...

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