conclusions cervical cancer screening, comprising of both pap test and hpv testing, is an essential part of the routine health care for women as it can facilitate the detection of abnormal cervical cells. hpv infection can produce abnormal pap test results; also, certain types of hpv are associated with cancer. therefore, it is important to diagnose abnormal cervical tissues before the developm...

Objective(s) Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are related to the genesis of various benign lesions and some malignant tumors, but no clear relationship has been identified so far between the subtypes of HPV and skin tag. Materials and Methods The present case-control study was designed to detect the existence of low risk and high risk HPV types in lesions of 50 patients with skin tag (c...

conclusions this study describes robust information on the distribution of hpv genotypes among iranian women with and without cervical lesions. the present data may be of importance for designing future public health strategies, including hpv vaccination programs. results in total, hpv infection was detected in 45.4% of the cases. the most common high-risk hpv (hr-hpv) genotype was hpv-16 (32.8...

Background & Objective: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common non-melanoma skin cancer that may be caused by Human papillomavirus (HPV), especially in immunosuppressed patients. However, the role of the mucosal types of HPV in SCC patients with normal immunity has not been extensively confirmed. The aim of this study was to investigate the association...

objective(s) human papillomavirus (hpv) infections are related to the genesis of various benign lesions and some malignant tumors, but no clear relationship has been identified so far between the subtypes of hpv and skin tag. materials and methods the present case-control study was designed to detect the existence of low risk and high risk hpv types in lesions of 50 patients with skin tag (case...

background: fanconi anemia (fa) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital malformations, bone marrow failure, development of squamous cell carcinoma (scc), and other cancers. human papillomavirus (hpv) in the oral cavity or oropharynx has been associated with an increased risk of laryngeal papillomatosis, invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (hnscc) and cer...

conclusions the high prevalence of hpv in abnormal cytology underlines to the fact that the presence of hpv is a critical factor in the development of cervical cancer. the use of hpv dna techniques could actually become an effective and fast means of ascertaining the presence of hpv in abnormal cytology. results result showed a 100% presence of high risk hpv in all the samples with abnormal cyt...