[Correlations between folic acid, human papilloma virus (HPV) and cervix neoplasms].
The study aimed to verify the probable correlation between the incidence of cervical cancer and the presence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in relation to a state of folic acid hypovitaminosis. In this context, however, it is important not to overlook the important protective role played by vitamins A and C in cancer prevention, as mentioned in the paper. Numerous authors agree that this is a real finding in cervical pathology, as shown in our research, even if folic acid therapy does not alter the course and prognosis of disease. On the contrary, low blood levels of folic acid appear to increase the risk of contracting the disease. Extensive and radical surgery therefore appears to be even more justified in order to increase the probability of recovery on the operating table in view of the irrational and inexorable progress of this pathology, especially if metastases are already present.
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Istituto di Fisiologia Generale, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
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D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000821:virology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology
D005492:Folic Acid
Correlazioni tra acido folico, papilloma virus umano (P.V.U.) e neoplasie cervicali.