title: From causality to prevention - the example of cervical cancer: my personal contribution to this fascinating history.
abstract: The history of the generation of an hypothesis linking human papillomavirus to cervical cancer, as well as a summary of the various molecular epidemiological studies undertaken to confirm such hypothesis are described.
authors.affiliation: IARC, Lyon, France. nubia.munoz@free.fr
authors.forename: Nubia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011634:Public Health; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines