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Human Papillomaviruses and Anogenital Cancers
6 Nov 1997
Abstract excerpt
Squamous-cell carcinoma of the cervix (cervical cancer) has long been known to have all the epidemiologic characteristics of a sexually transmitted infectious disease. Annually, there are about 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide, and most of these are in nations with few resources. It is now established that cervical cancer is caused by infection of the genital tract with one of about a dozen sexually...
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