TY - JOUR
T1 - Classification of weakly carcinogenic human papillomavirus types
T2 - Addressing the limits of epidemiology at the borderline
AU - Schiffman, Mark
AU - Clifford, Gary
AU - Buonaguro, Franco M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by persistent infections with a restricted set of human papillomaviruses (HPV). Some HPV types, like HPV16 and HPV18, are clear and powerful carcinogens. However, the categorization of the most weakly carcinogenic HPV types is extremely challenging. The decisions are important for screening test and vaccine development. This article describes for open discussion an approach recently taken by a World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs Working Group to re-assess the carcinogenicity of different HPV types.
AB - Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by persistent infections with a restricted set of human papillomaviruses (HPV). Some HPV types, like HPV16 and HPV18, are clear and powerful carcinogens. However, the categorization of the most weakly carcinogenic HPV types is extremely challenging. The decisions are important for screening test and vaccine development. This article describes for open discussion an approach recently taken by a World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs Working Group to re-assess the carcinogenicity of different HPV types.
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U2 - 10.1186/1750-9378-4-8
DO - 10.1186/1750-9378-4-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 19486508
AN - SCOPUS:67949094324
SN - 1750-9378
VL - 4
JO - Infectious Agents and Cancer
JF - Infectious Agents and Cancer
IS - 1
M1 - 8
ER -