The role of human papillomavirus infection in the pathogenesis of penile squamous cell carcinomas

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Chaux, Alcides ^a,b   Cubilla, Antonio L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Universidad del Norte School of Medicine   (Paraguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Basaloid carcinoma; HPV infection; Penile cancer; Prognostic factors; Squamous cell carcinoma; Warty carcinoma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PENILE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PENIS CANCER; PHIMOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PENILE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859782849     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: 19301111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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