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  1. The role of high-risk human papillomaviruses (hr-HPVs) in cervical cancer (CC) pathogenesis has long been established. Knowledge about the involvement of hr-HPVs in the etiology of nasopharyngeal cancers (NPC)...

    Authors: Sheila Santa, Charles A. Brown, Patrick K. Akakpo, Lawrence Edusei, Osbourne Quaye and Emmanuel A. Tagoe
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:78
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  2. It is commonly accepted that host genes show high methylation in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 (CIN3) or worse (CIN3+). However, study quality varies, as does the clinical performance of markers in diff...

    Authors: Yuxiang Liu, Yan Chen, Jing Xiong, Peng Zhu, Yuhang An, Shu Li, Puxiang Chen and Qing Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:77
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  3. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) among HPV-positive women undergoing colposcopy at the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South Un...

    Authors: Mengjie Jiang, Hui Ding, Ling He, Danning Xu, Ping Jiang, Haoneng Tang, Qian Wang, Xuemei Wang and Lingli Tang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:76
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  4. Laryngeal cancer ranks as the second most prevalent upper airway malignancy, following Lung cancer. Although some progress has been made in managing laryngeal cancer, the 5-year survival rate is disappointing....

    Authors: Meixuan Wan, Xinxin Yang, Lin He and Hongxue Meng
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:75
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  5. In addition to the conventional aetiologic agents of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) such as tobacco usage, alcohol consumption and betel quid usage, it has been established that a proportion of ...

    Authors: Hans Prakash Sathasivam, Sangeetha Passu Davan, Szu May Chua, Rahmuna Fazlina Rohaizat, Rohaizam Japar, Zahirrudin Zakaria, Abd Razak Ahmad, Hasmah Hashim, Shashi Gopalan Marimuthu, Yew Toong Liew, Doh Jeing Yong, Pappathy Vairavan, Avatar Singh Mohan Singh, Benjamin Hong Beng Goh, Zulkifli Yusof, Khairul Azlan Shahril Abu Dahari…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:74
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  6. Metastasis has emerged as a major impediment to achieve successful therapeutic outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nonetheless, the intricate molecular mechanisms governing the progression of HCC remai...

    Authors: Xiu Chen, Yu Zhang, Pingping Zhang, Mengzhu Wei, Tian Tian, Yanling Guan, Chenchen Han, Wei Wei and Yang Ma
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:73
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  7. The persistence of HPV infection is a significant etiological factor in the development of cervical cancer. The present study investigated the prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV)...

    Authors: Qiong Chen, Wanglei Qu, Yu Zhao, Li Shu, Yi Wang and Xiangnan Chen
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:72
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  8. Although the role of viral agents, such as human papillomavirus (e.g. HPV16, HPV18) in colorectal cancer (CRC) has been previously investigated, results remain inconclusive.

    Authors: Luisa Galati, Purnima Gupta, Antonio Tufaro, Mariarosaria Marinaro, Concetta Saponaro, David Israel Escobar Marcillo, Donato Loisi, Rajdip Sen, Alexis Robitaille, Rosario N. Brancaccio, Cyrille Cuenin, Sandrine McKay-Chopin, Angelo Virgilio Paradiso, Václav Liška, Pavel Souček, Francesco Alfredo Zito…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:71
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  9. Understanding the role of naturally acquired (i.e., infection-induced) human papillomavirus (HPV) antibodies against reinfection is important given the high incidence of this sexually transmitted infection. Ho...

    Authors: Kana Yokoji, Katia Giguère, Talía Malagón, Minttu M. Rönn, Philippe Mayaud, Helen Kelly, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Mélanie Drolet, Marc Brisson, Marie-Claude Boily and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:70
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  10. Cancer, as a complex, heterogeneous disease, is currently affecting millions of people worldwide. Even if the most common traditional treatments, namely, chemotherapy (CTx) and radiotherapy (RTx), have been so...

    Authors: Iman Owliaee, Mehran khaledian, Armin Khaghani Boroujeni and Ali Shojaeian
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:69
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  11. Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is an HIV-associated cancer that is preventable and precancerous stages including early ICC stages could be detected through screening offering opportunities for treatment and cu...

    Authors: Jonah Musa, Masha Kocherginsky, Francis A. Magaji, Ali J. Maryam, Joyce Asufi, Danjuma Nenrot, Kirsten Burdett, Neelima Katam, Elizabeth N. Christian, Nisha Palanisamy, Olukemi Odukoya, Olugbenga A. Silas, Fatimah Abdulkareem, Philip Akpa, Kabir Badmos, Godwin E. Imade…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:68
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  14. In East and Southern Africa, people with HIV (PWH) experience worse cancer-related outcomes and are at higher risk of developing certain cancers. Siloed care delivery pathways pose a substantial barrier to co-...

    Authors: Michalina A. Montaño, Takudzwa Mtisi, Ntokozo Ndlovu, Margaret Borok, Agatha Bula, Maureen Joffe, Rachel Bender Ignacio and Maganizo B. Chagomerana
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:65
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  15. Mutations in the NLRP3gene have previously been linked to certain forms of cancer, but there have not been any specific studies examining the association between NLRP3 polymorphisms and cervical cancer (CC). T...

    Authors: Qingchun Lu, Xiaoxia Lao, Jinghua Gan, Ping Du, Yingpei Zhou, Wenzheng Nong and Zhige Yang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:64
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  16. There is an increase in number of Human Papillomavirus related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-related HNSCC) High risk HPV(HR-HPV) types can be cleared by an infected person, however, some can pers...

    Authors: Nadia Kalinganire, Annette Uwineza, Lynnette Kyokunda and Cecily Banura
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:63
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  17. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is strongly recommended, particularly for fragile patients such as those undergoing active oncological treatments. It is crucial to conduct post-marketing surveillance in this patient po...

    Authors: Liliana Montella, Carmela Dell’Aversana, Daniela Pacella, Simona Troise, Paola Russo, Valentina Cacciapuoti, Alessandro Ottaiano, Luigi Di Marino, Paola Coppola, Carmela Liguori, Massimiliano Berretta, Salvatore Maddaluno, Lucia Altucci and Gaetano Facchini
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:62
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  18. WHO has recommended HPV testing for cervical screening where it is practical and affordable. If used, it is important to both clarify and implement the clinical management of positive results. We estimated the...

    Authors: Groesbeck P. Parham, Didem Egemen, Brian Befano, Mulindi H. Mwanahamuntu, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Sameer Antani, Samson Chisele, Mukatimui Kalima Munalula, Friday Kaunga, Francis Musonda, Evans Malyangu, Aaron Lunda Shibemba, Silvia de Sanjose, Mark Schiffman and Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:61
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  19. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a carcinogenic bacterium, it is the greatest risk factor for gastric cancer (GC), according to these evidences, there may be a certain association between chronic H. pylori infe...

    Authors: Marwan K. Saeed, B. A. Al-Ofairi, Mohammed A. Hassan, M. A. Al-Jahrani and Ahmed M. Abdulkareem
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:60
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  20. Despite the global vaccination campaign to prevent HPV-related morbidity, HPV vaccination uptake remains unacceptably low in the developing world, like Ethiopia. For strong interventional measures, compiled da...

    Authors: Awoke Derbie, Daniel Mekonnen, Eyaya Misgan, Melanie Maier, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel and Tamrat Abebe
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:59
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  21. The tumours of head and neck district are around 3% of all malignancies and squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent histotype, with rapid increase during the last two decades because of the increment of t...

    Authors: Eleonora Bicci, Leonardo Calamandrei, Francesco Mungai, Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Luigi Bonasera and Vittorio Miele
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:58
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  22. Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18 cause approximately 70% of cervical cancer cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether co-infected with other HPV genotypes will affect the risk of cervical carcin...

    Authors: Mengyin Ao, Xiaoxi Yao, Danxi Zheng, Xuesai Gu and Mingrong Xi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:57
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  24. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection is ubiquitous and in sub-Saharan Africa, occurs early in life. In a population-based rural African cohort, we leveraged historical samples from the General Population Cohort ...

    Authors: Katherine R. Sabourin, Joseph Mugisha, Gershim Asiki, Angela Nalwoga, Nazzarena Labo, Wendell Miley, Rachel Beyer, Rosemary Rochford, Thomas W. Johnston, Robert Newton and Denise Whitby
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:55
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  25. This study aimed to assess the value of an HPV E6/E7 mRNA assay and HPV 16 18/45 genotype assay combined with age stratification for triaging women negative for intraepithelial lesions or malignancy (NILM) cyt...

    Authors: Ying Liu, Xiu Jin, Yingying Gong, Yingying Ma, Beibei Du, Linqing Yang, Yunfei Wang and Weipei Zhu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:54
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  26. About 90% of new cervical cancer cases and deaths worldwide in 2020 occurred in low- and middle-income countries. This can be attributed to the low rates of cervical cancer screening in these countries. This s...

    Authors: Pauline E. Jolly, Anna Junkins and Maung Aung
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:53
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  27. Febrile Neutropenia (FN) caused by bacteria in cancer patients is associated with poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of FN and associated factors among cancer patients on che...

    Authors: Lambert C. Safari, Doreen Mloka, Omary Minzi, Nazima J. Dharsee and Rabson Reuben
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:52
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  28. The role of human parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection in malignant and benign lesions such as head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) and oral mucocele lesions has not been established. Herein, we examined...

    Authors: Haniyeh Abuei, Sepide Namdari, Tahereh Pakdel, Fatemeh Pakdel, Azadeh Andishe-Tadbir, Abbas Behzad-Behbahani, Mohammad J. Ashraf, Parnian Alavi and Ali Farhadi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:51
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  29. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine has played a major role in ending the pandemic. However, little is known about the influence of COVID-19 vaccine on the efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with no...

    Authors: Yunfei Qian, Zhuxian Zhu, Yin-Yuan Mo and Ziqiang Zhang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:50
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  30. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has become a severe burden on global health due to its high morbidity and mortality rates. However, effective treatments for HCC are limited. The lack of suitable preclinical mod...

    Authors: Hua-chuan Zheng, Hang Xue and Wen-Jing Yun
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:49
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  31. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers all over the world, and dysbiosis in the gut microbiota may play a role in colorectal carcinogenesis. Bacteroides fragilis can lead to tumorigenesis by ch...

    Authors: Leila Dadgar-Zankbar, Aref Shariati, Narjess Bostanghadiri, Zahra Elahi, Shiva Mirkalantari, Shabnam Razavi, Fatemeh Kamali and Davood Darban-Sarokhalil
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:48
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  32. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has a poor prognosis and is one of the deadliest gastrointestinal malignancies. Despite numerous transcriptomics studies to understand its molecular basis, the impact ...

    Authors: Amal Alotaibi, Veerendra P. Gadekar, Pranav Swaroop Gundla, Sumana Mandarthi, Nidhi Jayendra, Asna Tungekar, B. V. Lavanya, Ashok Kumar Bhagavath, Mary Anne Wong Cordero, Janne Pitkaniemi, Shaik Kalimulla Niazi, Raghavendra Upadhya, Asmatanzeem Bepari and Prashantha Hebbar
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:47
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  33. Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a frequent malignancy with a high mortality rate. Specific inherited and environmental influences can affect CRC. Oncolytic viruses and bacteria in treating CRC are one of the innova...

    Authors: Akbar Ghorbani Alvanegh, Majid Mirzaei Nodooshan, Ruhollah Dorostkar, Reza Ranjbar, Bahman Jalali Kondori, Alireza Shahriary, Karim Parastouei, Soheil Vazifedust, Elmira Afrasiab and Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchinghaleh
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:46
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  34. Parasite infection is one of the many environmental factors that can significantly contribute to carcinogenesis and is already known to be associated with a variety of malignancies in both human and veterinary...

    Authors: Niccolò Fonti, Francesca Parisi, Francesca Mancianti, Giulia Freer and Alessandro Poli
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:45
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  35. Leukemic patients are prone to infectious agents such as viruses due to dysregulated immune system resulting from infiltration of the bone marrow by malignant cells, chronic stimulation, reactivation of some v...

    Authors: Jemal Alemu, Balako Gumi, Aster Tsegaye, Abdulaziz Abubeker, Fisihatsion Tadesse, Abel Shewaye, Ziyada Rahimeto, Adane Mihret, Andargachew Mulu, Amha Gebremedhin and Rawleigh Howe
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:44
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  36. Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) represents one of the principal tumors of the head and neck. Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) are considered risk factors for the development and...

    Authors: Jose Manuel Vazquez-Guillen, Gerardo C. Palacios-Saucedo, Alondra Yamileth Alanis-Valdez, Andrea Huerta-Escobedo, Angel Zavala-Pompa, Lydia Guadalupe Rivera-Morales, Ana Carolina Martinez-Torres, Vianey Gonzalez-Villasana, Julio Cesar Serna-Hernandez, Silvia Judith Hernandez-Martinez, Edmundo Erbey Castelan-Maldonado, Martha Socorro Montalvo-Bañuelos, Cesar Alejandro Alonso-Tellez, Ethel Corinthia Sanchez-Fresno, Reyes S. Tamez-Guerra and Cristina Rodriguez-Padilla
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:43
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  37. Cervical cancer is one of lethal cancers in women. As a global concern, identifying important factors of cancer is a useful strategy for prevention. Due to the role of diet/nutrition factors for cancer, the pu...

    Authors: Elham Nazari, Malihe Hasanzadeh, Reza Rezvani, Marzieh Rejali, Mohaddeseh Badpeyma, Zeinab Delaram, Leila Mousavi-Seresht, Mahdieh Akbari, Majid Khazaei, Gordon A. Ferns and Amir Avan
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:42
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  38. Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the major etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the mechanism of hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HBV-related HCC) is still unclear. The...

    Authors: Shenghao Li, Liyuan Hao, Xiaoyu Hu and Luya Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:41
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  39. Currently, it is estimated that 15% of human neoplasms globally are caused by infectious agents, with new evidence emerging continuously. Multiple agents have been implicated in various forms of neoplasia, wit...

    Authors: Francesca Parisi, Niccolò Fonti, Francesca Millanta, Giulia Freer, Mauro Pistello and Alessandro Poli
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:40
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  40. Breast cancer, although the most frequently diagnosed malignant tumor in humans, has a less clear etiology compared to other frequent cancer types. Mouse-mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is involved in breast cancer...

    Authors: Zsolt Fekete, Bristena Octavia Tertan, Lajos Raduly, Dan Tudor Eniu, Rares Buiga, Mihaela Galatar and Ioana Berindan-Neagoe
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:39
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  41. We previously found that age, sex and malaria were associated with KSHV in individuals from Uganda. In this study, we have evaluated these same factors in relation to EBV in the same specimens. Overall, 74% (o...

    Authors: Angela Nalwoga, Vickie Marshall, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Denise Whitby, Robert Newton and Rosemary Rochford
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:38
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  42. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is well known to be associated with a lot of tumors, including lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, EBV-associated gastric carcinoma, and some other carcinomas with similar lymphoepithe...

    Authors: Li Zhao, Jian-Yong Ding, Yun-Lan Tao, Kun Zhu and Gang Chen
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:37
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  43. This report covers the case of 7 women affected by pathologies related to genital Herpesvirus and Papillomavirus. They were referred to the gynaecology outpatient clinic for colposcopic examination, and receiv...

    Authors: Maria Balestrieri, Caterina Carnovale-Scalzo, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Maria Vincenza Chiantore, Luisa Accardi and Paola Di Bonito
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:36
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  44. Anti-PD-1 antibodies have been approved for treating several cancer. However, data regarding the safety and efficacy of these agents in HIV-infected patients with cancer is lacking, because these patients are ...

    Authors: Luling Wu, Jie Su, Junyang Yang, Ling Gu, Renfang Zhang, Li Liu, Hongzhou Lu and Jun Chen
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:35
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  45. Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of US, both qualitatively and semi-quantitatively, in the selection of treatment for the Covid-19 patient, using patient triage as the gold standard. Methods: Patients admit...

    Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Alberta Villanacci, Francesca Grassi, Roberta Grassi, Federica Di Stefano, Ada Petrone, Nicoletta Fusco and Stefania Ianniello
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:34
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  46. For women living with HIV (WLHIV), the burden of persistent HPV infection, cervical pre-cancerous lesions and cancer have been demonstrated to be higher than among HIV-negative women. As Ghana and other lower-...

    Authors: Patrick Kafui Akakpo, Sebastian Ken-Amoah, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan, Elizabeth Agyare, Emmanuel Salia, Ibrahim Baidoo, Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, Matthew Asare, George Adjei, Stephen Ayisi Addo and Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:33
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  47. Primary seminal vesicle Burkitt lymphoma (PSBL) is rare that is not frequently reported. Burkitt lymphoma is often associated with extranodal organs. The diagnosis of carcinoma in seminal vesical can be diffic...

    Authors: Menghua Wu, Xin Zheng, Wei Wang, Jing Chang, Meng Xue, Yu Zhang, Jian Song and Jimao Zhao
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:32
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  48. With HPV screening the specificity of screening positives has decreased, even with a cytological triage test. Increases in colposcopies and detection of benign or low-grade dysplasia are reported, not least in...

    Authors: Gisela Helenius, Gabriella Lillsunde-Larsson and Lovisa Bergengren
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:31
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  49. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a heterogeneous tumor with diverse molecular pathological profiles. Recent studies have suggested the vital role of pyroptosis in tumor microenvironment. Howeve...

    Authors: Doudou Li, Dong Ma and Yuxia Hou
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:30
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  50. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for nearly 85% of the global cervical cancer burden, yet have the least access to high-performance screening. International guidelines recommend human papilloma...

    Authors: Sikhulile Moyo, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Natasha O. Moraka, Leabaneng Tawe, Farzad Noubary, Kesego Motsumi, Godiraone Manowe, Boitumelo Zuze, Botshelo Radibe, Faith T. T. Hungwe, Terence Mohammed, Comfort Maphorisa, Roger Shapiro, Simani Gaseitsiwe and Rebecca Luckett
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2023 18:29
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