Urethral cancer causes: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Shanshan Cen (talk | contribs) |
Shanshan Cen (talk | contribs) (→Causes) |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Urethral cancers appear to be associated with infection with [[human papillomavirus]] (HPV), particularly HPV16, a strain of HPV known to be causative for [[cervical cancer]]. | Urethral cancers appear to be associated with infection with [[human papillomavirus]] (HPV), particularly HPV16, a strain of HPV known to be causative for [[cervical cancer]].<ref name="pmid1325290">{{cite journal| author=Wiener JS, Liu ET, Walther PJ| title=Oncogenic human papillomavirus type 16 is associated with squamous cell cancer of the male urethra. | journal=Cancer Res | year= 1992 | volume= 52 | issue= 18 | pages= 5018-23 | pmid=1325290 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1325290 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 11 September 2015
|
Urethral cancer Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Urethral cancer causes On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Urethral cancer causes |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Urethral cancer causes |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Urethral cancer may be caused by an infection of human papillomavirus.
Causes
Urethral cancers appear to be associated with infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), particularly HPV16, a strain of HPV known to be causative for cervical cancer.[1]
References
- ↑ Wiener JS, Liu ET, Walther PJ (1992). "Oncogenic human papillomavirus type 16 is associated with squamous cell cancer of the male urethra". Cancer Res. 52 (18): 5018–23. PMID 1325290.