The human papillomavirus has emerged over the past decade as the leading candidate to
be the sexually transmitted aetiological factor in cervical cancer. Although it appears that …

This book is the report of a meeting of a small multidisciplinary group to evaluate the
evidence for an association between human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and cervical cancer …

The first workshop, held in Copenhagen in 1988, concluded that well-designed
epidemiological studies were lacking, and that the validity of the hybridization methods used …

The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA sequences in 45 cervical cancer
biopsies was examined with the hot‐start polymerase chain reaction (PCR), employing HPV …

To evaluate the association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer, we
performed a population‐based case‐control study in Colombia and Spain, the former …

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the single most important co-factor in the
development of cervical squamous cell carcinomas. Adenocarcinomas of the cervix are also …

Publisher Summary The chapter discusses the molecular and epidemiological aspects that
support the etiological role of Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) in cervical carcinogenesis …

This book arises from the International Agency for Research on Cancer meeting in
November 1991. Its chapters are essentially based on individual author's presentations at …

GENERAL DATA: There is now considerable evidence that high risk human
papillomaviruses (HPV), such as HPV 16, are closely associated with cancer of the cervix …

Epidemiological studies on the association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and
cervical cancer are reviewed. Studies using HPV DNA hybridization methods to assess the …