High-risk human papillomavirus DNA load in a population-based cervical screening cohort in relation to the detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Hesselink, Albertus T ^a   Berkhof, Johannes ^a   Heideman, Daniëlle A M ^a   Bulkmans, Nicole W J ^a   Van Tellingen, Jurjen E H ^a   Meijer, Chris J L M ^a   Snijders, Peter J F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; CIN; HPV; Real time PCR; Thresholds; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 31; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 33; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58249086718     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23940     Document Type: Article

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