The Papillomaviruses
Author: Robert Garcea
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-08-19
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 0387365230
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume evaluates the carcinogenic risk to humans posed by infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs). To date, more than 70 HPV types have been identified, of which over 15 have been reported in cervical cancer biopsies. Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women. This book also considers the possible involvement of HPV infection in cancers at other sites of the human body.