Results: 48

Prevalence of HPV infection and cervical intraepithelial lesions in HIV positive and negative women in the city of Florianopolis

Introduction: HPV infection is the most frequent sexually transmitted infection in women. The high oncogenic risk HPV, associated with others factors, there are a risk of progressing to a precancerous lesion of the cervix and even cancer. This evolution is related to the persistence of the infection and ...

Carcinoma escamocelular bucal. Caso clínico y revisión de la literatura

Introducción: el cáncer escamocelular (CEC) representa el 90-95% de todos los tipos de cáncer. En México, la frecuencia de CEC bucal (CECB) se ha incrementado y presenta una incidencia entre el 1 y el 5%. El CECB se asocia con sujetos en la quinta y séptima década de la vida, el sexo masculino, pos...

HPV infection - screening, diagnosis and management of HPV-induced lesions

Infecção pelo HPV: rastreamento, diagnóstico e conduta nas lesões HPV-induzidas
HPV Infection: Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Lesions induced HPV

Femina; 49 (3), 2021

Scale for assessing the quality of life of women with Human Papillomavirus infection

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (6), 2021
ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and validate a scale for assessing the quality of life of women with Human Papillomavirus infection. Methods: a methodological study to develop the stages of item elaboration, apparent and content validation, semantic validation, pre-test, item allocation in domains, and...

Is there correlation between human papillomavirus (hpv) and esophageal epidermoid carcinoma?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 34 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Currently, persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been related in some geographic regions as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. It results in the immunoexpression of the p16 protein, which has been used as marker of the oncogenic lineage by this etiol...

Immunology of cervical cancer

Rev. invest. clín; 72 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Optimal function of the immune system allows the recognition and elimination of infected and tumor cells. However, these cells can develop mechanisms to evade the cellular immune response. In human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, dysregulation of major histocompatibility complex Class I molecule...

Molecular markers for the diagnosis of high-risk human papillomavirus infection and triage of human papillomavirus-positive women

Rev. invest. clín; 72 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) increases the likelihood of developing cervical cancer (CC). A plethora of cellular processes is required to produce pre-malignant lesions, which in turn may become malignant if left untreated. Those changes are induced by viral oncoproteins, w...

Immunonutrition in cervical cancer: immune response modulation by diet

Rev. invest. clín; 72 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT In the development of cervical cancer (CC), the immune response plays an essential role, from the elimination of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection to the response against the tumor. For optimal function of the immune response, various factors are required, one of the most important being an a...