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- Title
Human papillomavirus (HPV) in breast tumors: prevalence in a group of Mexican patients.
- Authors
de León, David Cantu; Montiel, Delia Pérez; Nemcova, Jana; Mykyskova, Iva; Turcios, Elmer; Villavicencio, Verónica; Cetina, Lucely; Coronel, Alberto; Hes, Ondraj
- Abstract
Breast cancer is one of the main health problems in developed countries, occupying first place in mortality in women. It is well-known that there are risk factors associated with breast cancer development. Nonetheless, in 50-80% of cases known risk factors have not been identified, this has generated the attempt to identify new factors related with this neoplasia as viral infections. The aim of this work is investigate the prevalence of HPV DNA in patients with breast lesions at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia de Mexico.
- Publication
BMC cancer, 2009, Vol 9, p26
- ISSN
1471-2407
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2407-9-26