title: Etiological concepts in cervical carcinogenesis.
abstract: Substantial progress has been made in elucidating the etiology and epidemiological distribution of cervix uteri cancers in women. Foremost among the advances is a clarification of the role of the herpes genitalis virus as a necessary, though not sufficient, causal factor. The epidemiological data in the United States confirm the essential role of exfoliative cytological screening in the successful control of this disease.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Kessler
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D004848:Epithelium; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000266:history / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission