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SUBMITTER: Colombara DV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4628600 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colombara Danny V DV Manhart Lisa E LE Carter Joseph J JJ Hawes Stephen E SE Weiss Noel S NS Hughes James P JP Barnett Matt J MJ Goodman Gary E GE Smith Jennifer S JS Qiao You-Lin YL Galloway Denise A DA
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20150928 12
<h4>Purpose</h4>To test whether infection with select human polyomaviruses (HPyV) and human papillomaviruses (HPV) is associated with incident lung cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a nested case-control study, testing serum from the carotene and retinol efficacy trial, conducted 1985-2005, for antibodies to Merkel cell (MCV), KI (KIV), and WU (WUV) HPyVs as well as to six high-risk and two low-risk HPV types. Incident lung cancer cases (n = 200) were frequency-matched with controls (n = 200) ...[more]