Chapter 1: HPV in the etiology of human
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Nubia Muñoz; Xavier Castellsagué; Amy Berrington de González; Lutz Gissmann
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The causal role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in all cancers of the uterine cervix has been firmly established biologically and epidemiologically. Most cancers of the vagina and anus are likewise caused by HPV, as are a fraction of cancers of the vulva, penis, and oropharynx. HPV-16 and -18 account