Background Breast and cervical cancer are important causes of mortality in women aged≥
15 years. We undertook annual age-specific assessments of breast and cervical cancer in …

Acceptance of an official classification for the family Papillomaviridae based purely on DNA
sequence relatedness, was achieved as late as 2003. The rate of isolation and …

Background Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical
cancer, but the risk associated with the various HPV types has not been adequately …

Links between human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and cervical cancer were first suspected
almost 30 years ago. DNA of specific HPV types has since been found in almost all cervical …

Approximately 35 years ago a role of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in cervical cancer has
been postulated. Today it is well established that this very heterogeneous virus family …

MicroRNAs are short non-coding RNAs that play a crucial role in the regulation of gene
expression during cellular processes. The host-encoded miRNAs are known to modulate the …

The causal role of human papillomavirus infections in cervical cancer has been documented
beyond reasonable doubt. The association is present in virtually all cervical cancer cases …

Background Epidemiologic studies have shown that the association of genital human
papillomavirus (HPV) with cervical cancer is strong, independent of other risk factors, and …

This study investigated regional variations in the contribution made by different human
papilloma (HPV) types to invasive cervical cancer (ICC). A total of 85 studies using …

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a large family of small double-stranded DNA viruses
that infect squamous epithelia. It has been established that infection with specific HPV types …