Association of breast cancer with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Northeast Brazil: molecular evidence

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the presence of human papillomavirus DNA and genotypes in breast cancer and normal breast tissue samples obtained from women from the northeast region of Brazil. METHOD: One hundred three breast cancer samples and 95 normal breast samples, as the n...

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Main Authors: José Roosevelt Cavalcante, Luiz Gonzaga Porto Pinheiro, Paulo Roberto Carvalho de Almeida, Márcia Valéria Pitombeira Ferreira, Gizele Almada Cruz, Thales Alves Campelo, Caroliny Soares Silva, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Bruno Masato Kitagawa de Oliveira, Lara Mulato Lima, Laura Magda Costa Feitosa, Agostinho Câmara Pinheiro, Cristiane Cunha Frota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2018-10-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
HPV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322018000100268&lng=en&tlng=en