Etiologic Heterogeneity for Cervical Carcinoma by Histopathologic Type, Using Comparative Age-Period-Cohort Models

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1 March 2009

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

Vol. 18 (3) , 792-800
https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0965

Abstract

Background: Cervical carcinomas comprise two main histopathologic types, squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are causative for both types but the respective tumors may have different carcinogenic pathways.

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