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  1. 1. Risk factors in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

    Författare :Kerstin Rosenquist; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol; case-control study; dental status; epidemiology; human papillomavirus; oral cancer; oral hygiene; oral mucosal lesions; population-based; prognosis; recurrence; risk factors; smokeless tobacco; smoking;

    Sammanfattning : År 2002 drabbades omkring 275 000 individer runt om i världen av cancer i munhålan. Mer än hälften av dessa kommer att dö av sin sjukdom inom 5 år. Förekomsten av cancer i munhåla och svalg (Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, OOSCC) varierar i olika delar av världen. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Human papillomaviruses and their association with squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva

    Författare :Charles Ateenyi Agaba; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva; human papillomavirus; cutaneous HPV; Mucosal HPV; Broad spectrum PCR tests; HIV; LiPa; SPF; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : Squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva (SCCC), hitherto a rare cancer, has increased manyfold since the advent of HIV/AIDS. Solar ultra violet radiation (UV) may also be a risk factor for the disease. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Human papillomavirus tropism : determinants of viral tissue specificity

    Författare :Nitesh Mistry; Magnus Evander; Ola Forslund; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; papillomavirus; receptor; heparan sulfate; pI; lactoferrin; lactoferricin; transcription; long control region; tropism; Virology; Virologi;

    Sammanfattning : Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prerequisit for the development of this cancer. HPV belongs to the Papillomaviridae family and infects the basal layer of epithelial cells where it generally progresses into warts or condylomas. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Papillomavirus binding and entry : The heparan sulfate receptor and inhibition by lactoferrin

    Författare :Peter Drobni; Umeå universitet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Papillomaviruses (PVs) infect epithelial cells and are the main causative agent of cervical carcinoma. There are today more than a hundred different PV types and these can be divided into high risk and low risk types. They infect differentiating epithelial cells which make it cumbersome to propagate and produce human papillomavirus (HPV) virions. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Clinical use of prognostic markers in head and neck cancer

    Författare :David Landin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a heterogeneous group of tumors where squamous cell carcinoma is the most dominant. In 2020, 1640 new cases of HNC were reported in Sweden which accounted for 2.3% of the total cancer incidence. LÄS MER