Open AccessPrevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 in Sudanese women diagnosed with cervical carcinoma
Author(s) -
Lina Mohamed Elamin Elhasan,
Devendra Bansal,
Omran Fadol Osman,
Khalid Enan,
Elmoubasher Farag
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_656_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , cervix , human papillomavirus , gynecology , cytology , hpv infection , basal cell , obstetrics , cancer , oncology , pathology
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the cervix is one of the leading causes of death in developing countries. Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is the major risk factor to develop malignant lesions HR types (HPV16 and HPV18) account for about 70% of all invasive cervical cancers worldwide. It is estimated that 833 Sudanese women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 534 die from the disease every year. The present study aimed to detect HPV 16, and determine the association of HPV16 with age and various grades of cervical carcinoma in patients with clinically confirmed cervical SCC.