Human papillomavirus genotype as a major determinant of the course of cervical cancer

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Certain types of human papillomavrus [HPV] are associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] and squamous cell carcinoma [SCC]. The aim of the observations reported here was to determine whether the prognosis for invasive cancers of the uterine cervix is related to the type of human papillomavirus asociated with the tumor