title: Prevalence of human papillomavirus in elderly women with cervical cancer.
abstract: To investigate the relation between the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and age in cervical cancer patients, material from 93 patients with Ia-IIb cervical carcinoma was analyzed for the presence of HPV by both type-specific and general primer polymerase chain reaction. Patients were divided into 2 groups: 64 years or younger, and 65 years and older. There was no statistically significant difference in either the prevalence of HPV DNA or distribution of genotypes amongst the 2 groups. Therefore, HPV detection can be equally well used in the management and follow-up of elderly cervical cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium. Marc.Baay@uia.ua.ac.be
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Baay
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Tjalma
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weyler
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Pattyn
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Lambrechts
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goovaerts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baekelandt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buytaert
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Van Marck
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lardon
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Vermorken
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral