Open AccessThe significance of human papillomavirus in the etiology and pathogenesis of cervical cancer
Author(s) -
E. V. Frosina,
S. V. Petrov,
N. A. Gabitov
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj104779
Subject(s) - cervical cancer , etiology , human papillomavirus , pathogenesis , medicine , cancer , oncology , pathology , koilocyte , virology , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
The aim of our studies was to reveal the volume sequences of HPV type 16 and 18 oncogenic strains in women of Tatarstan treated for cervical cancer in the Oncology Research Center of Kazan. It turned out that all the 22 cancerous tumors studied contained mostly HPV type 16, in one case only HPV type 18 and in 2 cases a combination of types 16 and 18.