Article
Prevalence of HPV infection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese patients and its relationship to the p53 gene mutation.
International journal of cancer - 17 Sept 1997
He D, Zhang D K, Lam K Y, Ma L, Ngan H Y, Liu S S, Tsao S W
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV), in particular types 16 and 18, is positively associated with anogenital cancers and may be an important etiologic factor in their pathogenesis. The goal of our study was to investigate the role of HPV infection in the pathogenesis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma...
Topics
- Adult
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- China
- DNA, Viral
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Esophagectomy
- Esophagus
- Exons
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
