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SUBMITTER: Gannon OM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4677295 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gannon Orla M OM Antonsson Annika A Milevskiy Michael M Brown Melissa A MA Saunders Nicholas A NA Bennett Ian C IC
Scientific reports 20151214
Infectious agents are thought to be responsible for approximately 16% of cancers worldwide, however there are mixed reports in the literature as to the prevalence and potential pathogenicity of viruses in breast cancer. Furthermore, most studies to date have focused primarily on viral DNA rather than the expression of viral transcripts. We screened a large cohort of fresh frozen breast cancer and normal breast tissue specimens collected from patients in Australia for the presence of human papill ...[more]