Are viruses associated with human breast cancer? Scrutinizing the molecular evidence

D Joshi, GC Buehring - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2012 - Springer
The three viruses most studied as possible causes of human breast cancer are mouse
mammary tumor virus-like sequences (MMTV-LS), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and oncogenic …

Interrelated Oncogenic Viruses and Breast Cancer

S Afzal, K Fiaz, A Noor, AS Sindhu, A Hanif… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Breast Cancer is a multifactorial disease and recent evidence that viruses have a greater
role in its aetiology and pathophysiology than previously hypothesized, has garnered a lot of …

Association of high risk human papillomavirus and breast cancer: a UK based study

NA Salman, G Davies, F Majidy, F Shakir… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Infection by human papillomaviruses (HPVs) has been implicated in the aetiology of a
variety of cancers. Studies evaluating the presence of HPVs in breast cancer (BC) have …

Breast cancer risk and human papillomavirus infection: a Bradford Hill criteria based evaluation

M Usman, Y Hameed, M Ahmad… - … Current Drug Targets …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and human breast
cancer (BC) has already been thoroughly studied worldwide with contradictory findings …

Prevalence of human papillomavirus in breast cancer: a systematic review

PW Simões, LR Medeiros, PDS Pires… - International Journal of …, 2012 - ijgc.bmj.com
Objective We performed a systematic review and meta-analyses to estimate the prevalence
of human papillomavirus (HPV) in breast carcinoma and to explore the reasons for the …

HPV-associated breast cancer: myth or fact?

E Kudela, E Kudelova, E Kozubík, T Rokos, T Pribulova… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Some estimates place the proportion of human malignancies attributable to viruses at
between 15 and 20 percent. Viruses including the human papillomavirus are considered an …

The co-presence of high-risk human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus is linked with tumor grade and stage in Qatari women with breast cancer

I Gupta, A Jabeen, R Al-Sarraf, H Farghaly… - Human vaccines & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) can be present and cooperate with Epstein–Barr
virus (EBV) to promote the onset and/or progression of various cancers including cervical …

Detection of human papillomavirus genotypes, herpes simplex, varicella zoster and cytomegalovirus in breast cancer patients

M Golrokh Mofrad, ZA Sadigh, S Ainechi, E Faghihloo - Virology Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background The role of viruses as a cause of breast cancer (BC) has been significantly
investigated in recent years. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been detected in invasive …

Presence of HPV, EBV and HMTV viruses among Egyptian breast cancer women: Molecular detection and clinical relevance

SA Metwally, MA Abo-Shadi… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Oncogenic viruses, their possible association with breast cancer (BC) and effect
on its clinical course are interesting issue. The present study evaluates the presence of …

Presence of human papillomavirus DNA in breast cancer: a Spanish case-control study

S Delgado-García, JC Martínez-Escoriza, A Alba… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is one of the most important neoplasia among women. It was
recently suggested that biological agents could be the etiological cause, particularly Human …