Esophageal Cancer in Germany is Associated with Epstein-Barr-virus but Not with Papillomaviruses

Overview

Journal Med Microbiol Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2003 Aug 16

PMID 12920588

Citations 18

Authors

S Awerkiew

E Bollschweiler

R Metzger

P M Schneider

A H Holscher

H Pfister

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Abstract

Esophageal squamous cell carcinomas ( n=23) and adenocarcinomas ( n=14) from German patients were tested for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV) DNA. No DNA for either genital HPV or epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated HPV was detected in any tumor. In contrast, 35% of squamous cell carcinomas and 36% of adenocarcinomas were shown to contain EBV DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction.

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