Causes of Cervical Cancer in the Philippines: a Case-Control Study

Abstract

As has been shown for squamous cell carcinoma, HPV is the central cause of adenocarcinoma/adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix. The observed associations of less prevalent HPV types with cervical cancer have important implications for cervical cancer prevention strategies.

Keywords

Adenosquamous carcinomaAdenocarcinomaMedicineCervixCervical cancerOncologyCarcinomaCancerInternal medicineOdds ratioPathology

MeSH Terms

AdenocarcinomaAdultAge DistributionAgedCarcinomaSquamous CellCase-Control StudiesDNAViralFemaleHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsParityPhilippinesRisk FactorsSexual BehaviorSmokingTumor Virus InfectionsUterine Cervical Neoplasms

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Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 90
Issue: 1
Pages: 43-49
Citations: 182
Access: Closed

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                                    Cora Ngelange, 
                                
                                    Nubia Muñóz, 
                                
                                    F. Xavier Bosch
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            Causes of Cervical Cancer in the Philippines: a Case-Control Study. 
                            JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
                            , 90
                            (1)
                            , 43-49.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/90.1.43
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.1.43
PMID: 9428782

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