...Fatma Al Hinai; Ruqaiya Al Shamsi; Samya Al Husaini; Afrah Al Rashdi; Mohammad Arafa Introduction: Cervical cancer is the fourth common cancer in women worldwide. In most cases, the disease is induced by persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. This study aimed to assess the role...

... in the present paper). Oropharyngeal cancers Human papillomavirus Cancer stem cell biomarkers Prognosis In squamous cell carcinomas of oropharynx (OPSCC), intra-tumour heterogeneity has been well documented [1]. One of the models explaining intra-tumour heterogeneity is cancer stem cells (CSCs...

... SCC is human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. However, there is a growing burden of disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and HPV coinfection, with the incidence of anal SCC significantly increasing in this population. This is particularly true in HIV-infected men...

... Arruda Henry; Denise Peixoto Guimarães; Rui Manuel Reis; Luisa Lina Villa; Adhemar Longatto-Filho Background: Chagasic megaesophagus (CM) as well as the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) has been reported as etiological factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Objective: We assessed...

...Cristina Paula Castanheira; Mayara Luciana Sallas; Rafaella Almeida Lima Nunes; Noely Paula Cristina Lorenzi; Lara Termini Persistent infection with some types of mucosal human papillomavirus (HPV) is the etiological factor for the development of cervical cancer and its precursor lesions. Besides...

...Rie Michimata; Hidemichi Watari; Utano Tomaru; Noriaki Sakuragi; Akihiro Ishizu Our earlier study demonstrated high prevalence of multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in patients with invasive uterine cervical cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). HPV 16 is the most predominant...

... Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India Key Words Cervical cancer Human papillomavirus In situ hybridization p16ink4a Squamous intraepithelial lesions Abstract Objective: To strengthen the role of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in the development of cervical cancer, and the association...

..., Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), Medical Center of the University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany Key Words Cervical cancer Human papillomavirus Cancer screening Cytology Biomarker Human papillomavirus vaccination Abstract Infections with human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a necessary, but not sufficient...

...Ivo W. Tremont-Lukats; José L. Avila; Félix Tapia; Dimas Hernández; Gisela Cáceres-Dittmar; Miguel Rojas This study describes the presence of α-galactosyl epitopes on 12 cervical biopsy samples with features of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) and different stages of cervical intraepithelial...

... detection of anogenital human papillomaviruses. Am J Pathol 1998;153:1731 1739. 28 Senba M, Kumatori A, Fujita S, Jutavijittum P, Yousukh A, Moriuchi T, Nakamura T, Toriyama K: The prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in penile cancers from northern Thailand. J Med Virol 2006;78: 1341 1346. 29...

... and the human papillomavirus (HPV) oncogenes E6/E7 was described. In this study paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens from 25 squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix uteri were analyzed for the expression of the MCP-1 gene and the HPV 16 E6/E7 oncogenes by RNA/RNA in situ hybridization. Similar to in vitro analyses...

... cervix is a multi-step process involving discreet preinvasive stages. Molecular epidemiologic data also indicate that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a critical factor in the tumor progression process. In vitro studies have shown that for the initiation and maintenance of the malignant phenotype...