Treasure Hunt for Human Papillomaviruses in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers

In an editorial, Burk and Kadish note that a wide diversity of human papillomavirus (HPV) types can be detected in cutaneous neoplastic lesions of the skin. If cutaneous cancers are related to HPV infection, then they could be amenable to prevention with prophylactic vaccines or treatment with thera...

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Published inJNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 88; no. 12; pp. 781 - 782
Main Authors Burk, Robert D., Kadish, Anna S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 19.06.1996
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Carcinoma, Basal Cell - virology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - virology
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia - virology
Editorials
Female
Humans
Keratoacanthoma - virology
Medical research
Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification
Papillomavirus Infections - complications
Skin cancer
Skin Neoplasms - virology
Tumor Virus Infections - complications
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology
Vaccines
Viruses
Warts - complications
Warts - virology
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Summary:In an editorial, Burk and Kadish note that a wide diversity of human papillomavirus (HPV) types can be detected in cutaneous neoplastic lesions of the skin. If cutaneous cancers are related to HPV infection, then they could be amenable to prevention with prophylactic vaccines or treatment with therapeutic vaccines.
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Correspondence to: Robert D. Burk, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461.
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ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/88.12.781