| Literature DB >> 22484226 |
Antonio Carlos de Freitas1, Ana Pavla Almeida Diniz Gurgel, Bárbara Simas Chagas, Eliane Campos Coimbra, Carolina Maria Medeiros do Amaral.
Abstract
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in females worldwide. It is well-established that Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections play a critical role in the development of cervical cancer. However, a large number of women infected with oncogenic HPV types will never develop cervical cancer. Thus, there are several external environment and genetic factors involved in the progression of a precancerous lesion to invasive cancer. In this review article, we addressed possible susceptible phenotypes to cervical cancer, focusing on host genome and HPV DNA variability, multiple HPV infections, co-infection with other agents, circulating HPV DNA and lifestyle.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22484226 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.03.047
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gynecol Oncol ISSN: 0090-8258 Impact factor: 5.482