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Oral and oropharyngeal cancer: epidemiology and survival analysis

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the epidemiological profile and survival rate of oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients seen at a university hospital. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of the pathological reports of patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer, seen at a university...

Human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer precursor lesions in women living by Amazon rivers: investigation of relations with markers of oxidative stress

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the relation between oxidative stress markers, human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer precursor lesions. Methods The study comprised women aged 14 to 60 years living in communities located by Amazon rivers in the state of Pará (Itaituba, Limoeiro do Ajur...

Alterations in the expression and activity of extracellular matrix components in HPV-associated infections and diseases

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Infection with human papillomaviruses is associated with a series of benign and malignant hyperproliferative diseases that impose a heavy burden on human populations. A subgroup of mucosal human papillomavirus types are associated with the majority of cervical cancers and a relevant fraction of vulvar, v...

Human papillomavirus and genome instability: from productive infection to cancer

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Infection with high oncogenic risk human papillomavirus types is the etiological factor of cervical cancer and a major cause of other epithelial malignancies, including vulvar, vaginal, anal, penile and head and neck carcinomas. These agents affect epithelial homeostasis through the expression of specifi...

Epidemiology and biology of cutaneous human papillomavirus

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) include β- and γ-HPVs, in addition to a small fraction of α-HPVs. β-HPVs were first isolated from patients with the rare genetic disorder Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, and they are associated with the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer at...

A high prevalence of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 co-infections in cervical biopsies from southern Brazil

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT HPV types 16 and 18 were studied in paraffin-fixed cervical biopsy collected in southern Brazil. HPV 16, HPV 18 and co-infection HPV 16/18 were identified in 10/57 (17.5%), 4/57 (7%) and in 43/57 (75.4%) samples, respectively. Southern Brazil has one of the highest prevalence rates of HPV 16/18 ...

Diagnóstico del virus del papiloma humano en mujeres en edad fértil del área de salud No. 1 de Azogues, Ecuador
Diagnosis of human papilloma virus in women of childbearing age in health area No. 1 of Azogues, Ecuador

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (1), 2018
Se realizó un estudio prospectivo, analítico y transversal con el objetivo de identificar la presencia del virus del papiloma humano en mujeres en edad fértil que asisten al centro de salud No. 1 de Azogues, Ecuador, durante el período enero 2015 - febrero 2016. La muestra quedó conformada por las 1...

Tumor de Buschke-Löwenstein. presentación de un caso
uschke-Löwenstein tumor. case report

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (4), 2018
Se presentó un paciente masculino de 68 años, que acudió a consulta de Dermatología por presentar lesiones vegetantes en coliflor en región inguinal izquierda, pubis y perineales, de 10 años de evolución y nunca tratadas. El tumor de Buschke-Löwenstein o condiloma acuminado gigante es una tumorac...

Fatores associados à realização do exame citopatológico em mulheres profissionais do sexo

Objetivos estimar a prevalência autorreferida da realização do exame citopatológico do colo do útero em mulheres profissionais do sexo e investigar a associação entre a realização desse teste e os dados socioeconômicos e comportamentais. Método estudo analítico transversal, com 416 mulhere...

Sensibilidad y Especificidad de la Citología Cervicouterina y la prueba PCRhrHPV con el diagnóstico Histopatológico, en el Hospital “Solon Espinosa Ayala”, Solca-Quito

Oncología (Guayaquil); 27 (3), 2017
Introducción: La implementación de las pruebas moleculares para la detección de la infección por hrHPV ha generado cambios en las directrices del tamizaje en la detección oportuna del carcinoma cervicouterino. El objetivo del estudio es presentar la sensibilidad y especificidad de los estudios citol...