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Worldwide burden of cancer attributable to HPV by site, country and HPV type by de Martel, Catherine, Plummer, Martyn, Vignat, Jerome, Franceschi, Silvia

“…HPV is the cause of almost all cervical cancer and is responsible for a substantial fraction of other anogenital cancers and oropharyngeal cancers…”
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Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2012: a synthetic analysis by Plummer, Martyn, Dr, de Martel, Catherine, MD, Vignat, Jerome, MSc, Ferlay, Jacques, ME, Bray, Freddie, PhD, Franceschi, Silvia, MD

“…Summary Background Infections with certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites are strong risk factors for specific cancers. As new cancer statistics and…”
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Human papillomavirus types from infection to cancer in the anus, according to sex and HIV status: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lin, Chunqing, Franceschi, Silvia, Clifford, Gary M

“…Data on carcinogenicity of human papillomavirus (HPV) types in the anus are needed to inform anal cancer prevention through vaccination and screening. This is…”
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Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis by de Martel, Catherine, MD, Ferlay, Jacques, ME, Franceschi, Silvia, MD, Vignat, Jérôme, MSc, Bray, Freddie, PhD, Forman, David, PhD, Plummer, Martyn, Dr

“…Summary Background Infections with certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites have been identified as strong risk factors for specific cancers. An update of…”
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Fraction and incidence of liver cancer attributable to hepatitis B and C viruses worldwide by Maucort‐Boulch, Delphine, de Martel, Catherine, Franceschi, Silvia, Plummer, Martyn

“…High‐quality data on liver cancers by probable cause are scarce in many regions of the world. The United Nations recently set a goal of eliminating viral…”
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Worldwide Thyroid-Cancer Epidemic? The Increasing Impact of Overdiagnosis by Vaccarella, Salvatore, Franceschi, Silvia, Bray, Freddie, Wild, Christopher P, Plummer, Martyn, Dal Maso, Luigino

“…Dramatic increases have been seen over recent decades in the reported incidence of thyroid cancer, but owing to new modes of screening, hundreds of thousands…”
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Vaccination against HPV: boosting coverage and tackling misinformation by Bigaard, Janne, Franceschi, Silvia

“…High coverage of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is key to the eventual elimination of infection and cervical cancer. Monitoring coverage, in a digital…”
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The Impact of Diagnostic Changes on the Rise in Thyroid Cancer Incidence: A Population-Based Study in Selected High-Resource Countries by Vaccarella, Salvatore, Dal Maso, Luigino, Laversanne, Mathieu, Bray, Freddie, Plummer, Martyn, Franceschi, Silvia

“…Thyroid cancer (TC) incidence is rising in many countries, but the corresponding mortality is constant or declining. Incidence increases appear largely…”
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Worldwide trends in cervical cancer incidence: Impact of screening against changes in disease risk factors by Vaccarella, Salvatore, Lortet-Tieulent, Joannie, Plummer, Martyn, Franceschi, Silvia, Bray, Freddie

“…Abstract Background Cervical cancer trends in a given country mainly depend on the existence of effective screening programmes and time changes in disease risk…”
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Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer by Crosbie, Emma J, PhD, Einstein, Mark H, MD, Franceschi, Silvia, MD, Kitchener, Henry C, Prof

“…Summary Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus infection. Most human papillomavirus infection is harmless and clears spontaneously but persistent…”
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World‐wide relative contribution of hepatitis B and C viruses in hepatocellular carcinoma by de Martel, Catherine, Maucort‐Boulch, Delphine, Plummer, Martyn, Franceschi, Silvia

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are major causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In order to assess the relative contribution of HBV and…”
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Infections and cancer: Established associations and new hypotheses by de Martel, Catherine, Franceschi, Silvia

“…Abstract Around the world, infection is one of the most important causes of cancer. Almost one in every five malignancies can be attributed to infectious…”
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Hepatitis C Virus and Risk of Lymphoma and Other Lymphoid Neoplasms: A Meta-analysis of Epidemiologic Studies by DAL MASO, Luigino, FRANCESCHI, Silvia

“…The present meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the strength and the consistency of the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and…”
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Global Burden of Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases by Forman, David, de Martel, Catherine, Lacey, Charles J, Soerjomataram, Isabelle, Lortet-Tieulent, Joannie, Bruni, Laia, Vignat, Jerome, Ferlay, Jacques, Bray, Freddie, Plummer, Martyn, Franceschi, Silvia

“…Highlights ► 1 in 10 women worldwide carries an HPV infection at any point in time. ► 610,000 incident cancers per annum are attributable to HPV infection…”
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Time since first sexual intercourse and the risk of cervical cancer by Plummer, Martyn, Peto, Julian, Franceschi, Silvia

“…Young age at first sexual intercourse (AFI) is an important risk factor for cervical cancer, but no simple statistical model of its influence has been…”
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Human papillomavirus types in 115,789 HPV-positive women: A meta-analysis from cervical infection to cancer by Guan, Peng, Howell-Jones, Rebecca, Li, Ni, Bruni, Laia, de Sanjosé, Silvia, Franceschi, Silvia, Clifford, Gary M.

“…Genotyping may improve risk stratification of high‐risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV)‐positive women in cervical screening programs; however, prospective…”
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Eurogin roadmap 2017: Triage strategies for the management of HPV‐positive women in cervical screening programs by Cuschieri, Kate, Ronco, Guglielmo, Lorincz, Attila, Smith, Laurie, Ogilvie, Gina, Mirabello, Lisa, Carozzi, Francesca, Cubie, Heather, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Snijders, Peter, Arbyn, Marc, Monsonego, Joe, Franceschi, Silvia

“…Cervical cancer screening will rely, increasingly, on HPV testing as a primary screen. The requirement for triage tests which can delineate clinically…”
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A systematic review of the prevalence of mucosal and cutaneous human papillomavirus types by Bzhalava, Davit, Guan, Peng, Franceschi, Silvia, Dillner, Joakim, Clifford, Gary

“…Abstract Systematic reviews of the prevalence of different types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) across a broad range of disease grades from normal to cancer are…”
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Worldwide Trends in Incidence Rates for Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers by CHATURVEDI, Anil K, ANDERSON, William F, LORTET-TIEULENT, Joannie, CURADO, Maria Paula, FERLAY, Jacques, FRANCESCHI, Silvia, ROSENBERG, Philip S, BRAY, Freddie, GILLISON, Maura L

“…Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been identified as the cause of the increasing oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) incidence in some countries. To investigate whether…”
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Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus in carcinoma and intraepithelial neoplasia of the vulva, vagina and anus: A meta‐analysis by De Vuyst, Hugo, Clifford, Gary M., Nascimento, Maria Claudia, Madeleine, Margaret M., Franceschi, Silvia

“…This meta‐analysis investigated human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in vulvar, vaginal and anal intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN, VAIN, AIN) grades 1–3 and…”
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