Open AccessHuman papillomavirus infection increases the risk of breast carcinoma: a large-scale systemic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies
Author(s) -
Chutong Ren,
Kai Zeng,
Chujun Wu,
Liancai Mu,
Jing Huang,
Mingming Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gland surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2227-8575
pISSN - 2227-684X
DOI - 10.21037/gs.2019.09.04
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , odds ratio , subgroup analysis , cochrane library , confidence interval , human papillomavirus , oncology , breast cancer , bioinformatics , cancer , biology
Breast carcinoma (BC) is a cancer with a high morbidity rate, but the mechanisms by which it develops are never clear. There has been speculation regarding the potential relationships between breast cancer and local HPV infections for some time, and although much clinical research supports this hypothesis, some research results disprove the association. Therefore, the association is still inconclusive.