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. 2014 Apr;43(4):293-7.
doi: 10.1111/jop.12147. Epub 2013 Dec 30.

Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus type 16 and 18 in oral and cervical cancers in population from Gujarat, West India

Kinjal R Patel  1 , Bhairavi N Vajaria, Rasheedunnisa Begum, Ava Desai, Jayendra B Patel, Franky D Shah, Shilin N Shukla, Prabhudas S Patel
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Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus type 16 and 18 in oral and cervical cancers in population from Gujarat, West India

Kinjal R Patel et al. J Oral Pathol Med. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Background: Oral and cervical cancers are major malignancies in men and women, respectively, in India. This study evaluated occurrence of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18 infections in oral and cervical cancers to estimate HPV-associated burden of these cancers in the population from Gujarat, West India.

Methods: A total of 97 malignant oral carcinoma tissues and 52 cervical carcinoma tissues were analyzed by type-specific PCR for the presence of HPV type 16 and 18 infections.

Results: None of the oral cancer patients revealed the presence of HPV type 16 and 18 infection. In cervical cancer, 31 (59.6%) patients were infected with HPV 16 and 18. Of these 31 HPV-positive cervical cancer patients, 28 (90.3%) were infected with HPV 16 and 3 (9.7%) were infected with HPV 18.

Conclusion: The results suggested that HPV 16 and 18 do not play an important role in oral carcinogenesis in the population from Gujarat, West India. However, HPV 16 is highly prevalent in the cervical cancer patients, which may be considered for planning of prevention programs such as screening and vaccination in women from this region.

Keywords: cervical cancer; human papillomavirus; oral cancer.

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