title: Absence of HPV 16 and 18 DNA in breast cancer.
abstract: The finding that human papillomavirus (HPV) genes can immortalise breast epithelial cells has led to suggestions that HPV could be involved in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) we have been unable to demonstrate the presence of HPV DNA in a series of 80 breast carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wrede
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Luqmani
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Coombes
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Vousden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000737:chemistry*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides