Authors: Barbara Mora, Felipe M. Benavente, Carmen G. Ili, and Pricilla Brebi Abstract: Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in women worldwide. Although 99.7% of cases are attributed to a previous infection by Human papillomavirus, a small percentage of the infected women progress to cervical cancer, suggesting the existence of different risk factors […]
Impact of Improved Classification on the Association of Human Papillomavirus
Philip E. Castle*, Mark Schiffman, Cosette M. Wheeler, Nicolas Wentzensen, and Patti E. Gravitt Initially submitted June 1, 2009; accepted for publication August 5, 2009. Correspondence to Dr. Philip E. Castle, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 5004, MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892-7234 (e-mail: castlep@mail.nih.gov). Misclassification of exposure […]