Human Papillomavirus Is Associated with Breast Cancer in the North Part of Iran

We have analyzed the possible relevance of HPV infection for breast cancer risk among Iranian women from north part of Iran. Among women with breast cancer, 25.9% had positive test results for HPV DNA in breast tumor samples in contrast to 2.4% of women with noncancer status (P=0.002). The infection...

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Main Authors: Afsaneh Sigaroodi, Seyed Alireza Nadji, Farshad Naghshvar, Rakhshandeh Nategh, Habib Emami, Ali Akbar Velayati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/837191