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SUBMITTER: Nasioutziki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160926 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nasioutziki Maria M Chatzistamatiou Kimon K Loufopoulos Panagiotis-Dimitrios PD Vavoulidis Eleftherios E Tsampazis Nikolaos N Pratilas George-Chrysostomos GC Liberis Anastasios A Karpa Vasiliki V Parcharidis Evanggelos E Daniilidis Angelos A Spanos Konstantinos K Dinas Konstantinos K
Infectious agents and cancer 20200415
<h4>Background</h4>Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs) can cause benign and malignant tumours in the anogenital tract and the oropharynx both in men and women. The aim of the presented study was to investigate cervical, anal, and oral HPV-detection rates among women referred to colposcopy for abnormal Cervical Cancer (CaCx) screening results and assess the concordance of HPV-types among these anatomical sites.<h4>Methods</h4>Women referred to colposcopy at a single centre due to abnorma ...[more]