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  1. The mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) like sequences have been reported to be present in some human breast cancers, but their association with breast cancer development is still controversial.

    Authors: Meriem Slaoui, Mohammed El Mzibri, Rachid Razine, Zineb Qmichou, Mohammed Attaleb and Mariam Amrani

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:37

    Content type: Research article

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  2. The prevalence of High-Risk Human papilloma virus (HR-HPV), a necessary cause of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is relatively high in HIV infected women. Gaps exist in our knowledge of the optimal approaches f...

    Authors: Jonah Musa, Chad Achenbach, Babafemi Taiwo, Baiba Berzins, Olugbenga Silas, Patrick H Daru, Oche Agbaji, Godwin Imade, Atiene S Sagay, John A Idoko, Phyllis J Kanki and Robert L Murphy

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:36

    Content type: Research article

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  3. This is a brief summary of the 4th International Meeting of the African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3), organized and sponsored by Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC), and held on July 21–22, 2012 at the Lincoln Un...

    Authors: Elizabeth Blackman, Jasmine Campbell, Carlene Bowen, Ernestine Delmoor, Gilda Jean-Louis, Raphiatou Noumbissi, Yvonne O'Garro, Oni Richards-Waritay, Stanley Straughter, Vera Tolbert, Barbara Wilson and Camille Ragin

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:35

    Content type: Meeting report

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  4. The exact worldwide incidence of Burkitt’s lymphoma is not known. There are three distinct clinical variants of Burkitt’s lymphoma, each manifesting differences in epidemiology, clinical presentation, morpholo...

    Authors: Giuseppe Pannone, Rosanna Zamparese, Mirella Pace, Maria Carmela Pedicillo, Simona Cagiano, Pasquale Somma, Maria Elena Errico, Vittoria Donofrio, Renato Franco, Annarosaria De Chiara, Gabriella Aquino, Paolo Bucci, Eduardo Bucci, Angela Santoro and Pantaleo Bufo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:34

    Content type: Review

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  5. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a prerequisite of cervical cancer, the leading cause of cancer mortality in Ethiopian women today. Data on Ethiopian cervical HPV prevalence and genotype distribution ar...

    Authors: Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Christof Prugger, Maurits NC de Koning, Hartmut Goette and Ralph J Lellé

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:33

    Content type: Research article

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  6. A one-day workshop on Burkitt lymphoma (BL) was held at the 9th African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) conference in 2013 in Durban, South Africa. The workshop featured 15 plenary talks...

    Authors: Kenneth O Simbiri, Joshua Biddle, Tobias Kinyera, Pamela Akinyi Were, Constance Tenge, Esther Kawira, Nestory Masalu, Peter Odada Sumba, Janet Lawler-Heavner, Cristina D Stefan, Franco M Buonaguro, Detra Robinson, Robert Newton, Joe Harford, Kishor Bhatia and Sam M Mbulaiteye

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:32

    Content type: Meeting report

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  8. Chlamydia trachomatis interaction with HR-HPV types has highlighted a central role in cervical cancer development. The aim of this study was to investigate HPV prevalence and genotypes distribution in women at ri...

    Authors: Silva Seraceni, Francesco De Seta, Claudia Colli, Rossella Del Savio, Giuliano Pesel, Valentina Zanin, Pierlanfranco D'Agaro, Carlo Contini and Manola Comar

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:30

    Content type: Research article

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  9. Data on Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine immune response in sub-Saharan Africa is still sparse yet such knowledge is critical for optimal implementation and monitoring of HPV vaccines. Our primary objective...

    Authors: Miriam Nakalembe, Cecily Banura, Proscovia B Namujju and Florence M Mirembe

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:29

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Oncoviruses such as HPV, KSHV, and EBV have been reported in patients with HIV infection and AIDS. How oncovirus-associated cancers rise in AIDS patients has not been fully established. The purpose of our stud...

    Authors: Kenneth O Simbiri, Hem C Jha, Mukendi K Kayembe, Carrie Kovarik and Erle S Robertson

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:28

    Content type: Research article

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  11. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignancy worldwide. Different signalling pathways have been identified to be implicated in the pathogenesis of HCC; among these, GH, IGF and somatostat...

    Authors: Claudia Pivonello, Maria Cristina De Martino, Mariarosaria Negri, Gaia Cuomo, Federica Cariati, Francesco Izzo, Annamaria Colao and Rosario Pivonello

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:27

    Content type: Review

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  12. The worldwide administration of bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines has resulted in cross-protection against non-vaccine HPV types. Infection with multiple HPV types may offer similar cross-protection in th...

    Authors: Rafal S Sobota, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Scott M Williams and Nicola M Zetola

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:26

    Content type: Short report

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  13. The main cause of cervical cancer in the world is high risks human papillomavirus infection (mainly represented by HPV-16 and HPV-18), that are associated to the development of malign transformation of the epi...

    Authors: Bruna Pedroso Tamegão-Lopes, Edivaldo Costa Sousa-Júnior, Fabio Passetti, Carlos Gil Ferreira, Wyller Alencar de Mello and Rodrigo Vellasco Duarte Silvestre

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:25

    Content type: Research article

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  14. The MDM2 gene is the major negative regulator of p53, a tumor suppressor protein. Single nucleotide polymorphism in promoter region of MDM2 gene leads to increased expression resulting in higher levels of MDM2 pr...

    Authors: Carolina MM Amaral, Katerina Cetkovská, Ana PAD Gurgel, Marcus V Cardoso, Bárbara S Chagas, Sérgio SL Paiva Júnior, Rita de Cássia Pereira de Lima, Jacinto C Silva-Neto, Luiz AF Silva, Maria TC Muniz, Valdir Q Balbino and Antonio C Freitas

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:24

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major risk factor for chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, the mechanism of HCV-mediated hepatocarcinogenesis is not well understood. Insufficie...

    Authors: Wenjie Bao, Liliana Florea, Ningbin Wu, Zhao Wang, Krishna Banaudha, Jason Qian, Laurent Houzet, Rakesh Kumar and Ajit Kumar

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:23

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Infection with urinary schistosomiasis and its severity are oncogenic factors for developing carcinoma of the bladder, whether it is urothelial carcinoma (UC) of a transitional cell type (TCC) or non-urothelia...

    Authors: Mohamed Wishahi, Ahmed Zakarya, Olfat Hamamm, Mohamed Abdel-Rasol, Hisham Badawy, Hossam Elganzoury, Mohamed Ismail, Amr Elkhouly and Ahmed Meheina

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:21

    Content type: Research article

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  18. Retroviral sequences 90-95% homologous to the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) were present in 38% of the breast cancers studied from American women and were not detectable in non-tumor breast tissue from the ...

    Authors: Teiko Nartey, Heberth Moran, Tania Marin, Kathleen F Arcaro, Douglas L Anderton, Polly Etkind, James F Holland, Stella M Melana and Beatriz G-T Pogo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:20

    Content type: Research Article

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  20. Environmental factors may play a role in colon cancer. In this view, several studies investigated tumor samples for the presence of various viral DNA with conflicting results.

    Authors: Loretta Fiorina, Mattia Ricotti, Alessandro Vanoli, Ombretta Luinetti, Elena Dallera, Roberta Riboni, Stefania Paolucci, Silvia Brugnatelli, Marco Paulli, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Fausto Baldanti and Vittorio Perfetti

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:18

    Content type: Short Report

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  22. Cervical cancer is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in women in Zimbabwe. This is mainly due to the high prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in the population. So far...

    Authors: Nyasha Chin'ombe, Natasha L Sebata, Vurayai Ruhanya and Hilda T Matarira

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:16

    Content type: Review

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  23. Langerhans cell (LC) sarcoma (LCS) is a high-grade neoplasm with overtly malignant cytologic features and an LC phenotype. We very recently suggested that LC behaves as a reservoir for common dermotropic Merke...

    Authors: Ichiro Murakami, Michiko Matsushita, Takeshi Iwasaki, Satoshi Kuwamoto, Masako Kato, Yasushi Horie, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Jean Gogusev, Francis Jaubert, Shu Nakamoto, Mitsunori Yamakawa, Hirokazu Nakamine, Katsuyoshi Takata, Takashi Oka and Tadashi Yoshino

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:15

    Content type: Short report

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  24. Cancer is among the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in the Pacific, but the magnitude of the problem and the potential for prevention have not been comprehensively studied. Over the past decade...

    Authors: Sunia Foliaki, Naomi Brewer, Neil Pearce, Peter JF Snijders, Chris JLM Meijer, Lepani Waqatakirewa, Gary M Clifford and Silvia Franceschi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:14

    Content type: Research article

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  25. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is often present in oropharyngeal cancers. Head and neck tumors have been examined for other molecular markers including p53 and annexin A1 (ANXA1). Here, we investigated the prevale...

    Authors: Cleberson Jean dos Santos Queiroz, Cíntia Mara de Amorim Gomes Nakata, Egle Solito and Amílcar Sabino Damazo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:13

    Content type: Research article

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  26. Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma presenting in three clinical forms: endemic, sporadic and immunodeficiency-associated. More than 90% of endemic Burkitt lymphoma carry latent Epstein-Barr viru...

    Authors: Maria Raffaella Ambrosio, Mohsen Navari, Lorena Di Lisio, Eduardo Andres Leon, Anna Onnis, Sara Gazaneo, Lucia Mundo, Cristina Ulivieri, Gonzalo Gomez, Stefano Lazzi, Miguel Angel Piris, Lorenzo Leoncini and Giulia De Falco

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:12

    Content type: Research article

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  27. MDM2 gene polymorphisms 285G/C and 344 T/A are two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) recently identified as important variants that could influence the expression of MDM2 gene through the modulation of trans...

    Authors: Khadija Rebbani, Sayeh Ezzikouri, Agnès Marchio, Mostafa Kandil, Pascal Pineau and Soumaya Benjelloun

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:11

    Content type: Research article

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  28. Case-controlled studies have clearly demonstrated a link between chronic hepatitis C infection (CHC) and B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). To our knowledge, this is the first case report of outcome in a patie...

    Authors: Stefan Christensen and Anton Gillessen

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:10

    Content type: Short report

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  29. Breast cancer is the commonest cancer in Sudanese women. Reported genetic alterations in the form of mutations in tumor suppressors are low in frequencies and could not explain the peculiarities of the disease...

    Authors: Zeinab A Yahia, Ameera AM Adam, Magdeldin Elgizouli, Ayman Hussein, Mai A Masri, Mayada Kamal, Hiba S Mohamed, Kamal Alzaki, Ahmed M Elhassan, Kamal Hamad and Muntaser E Ibrahim

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:9

    Content type: Research article

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  31. Overcoming cellular senescence is strictly required for virus-driven tumors, including those associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This critical step is successfully accomplished by EBV through TERT expres...

    Authors: Riccardo Dolcetti, Silvia Giunco, Jessica Dal Col, Andrea Celeghin, Katy Mastorci and Anita De Rossi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:8

    Content type: Review

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  32. Squamous cell carcinoma of conjunctiva has increased tenfold in the era of HIV/AIDS. The disease pattern has also changed in Africa, affecting young persons, with peak age-specific incidence of 30-39 years, si...

    Authors: Anthony Mwololo, Joshua Nyagol, Emily Rogena, Willis Ochuk, Mary Kimani, Noel Onyango, Lorenzo Pacenti, Rosa Santopietro, Lorenzo Leoncini and Walter Mwanda

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:7

    Content type: Research article

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  33. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is particularly burdensome for women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which increases their risk of developing cervical lesions and cancer (CC). We conducted ...

    Authors: Sheila C Rocha-Brischiliari, Fabrícia Gimenes, André L P de Abreu, Mary M T Irie, Raquel P Souza, Rosangela G Santana, Angela A F Gravena, Maria D de B Carvalho, Marcia E L Consolaro and Sandra M Pelloso

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:6

    Content type: Short report

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  35. The decrease in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine prices may allow upscale already started vaccination programmes but the advantages of different options are unclear.

    Authors: Iacopo Baussano, Joakim Dillner, Fulvio Lazzarato, Guglielmo Ronco and Silvia Franceschi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:4

    Content type: Research article

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  36. All human herpesviruses (HHVs) have been implicated in immune system evasion and suppression. Moreover, two HHV family members, i.e. EBV and KSHV, are recognised as oncogenic viruses. Our literature review sum...

    Authors: Kenneth Alibek, Yeldar Baiken, Ainur Kakpenova, Assel Mussabekova, Samal Zhussupbekova, Madina Akan and Bolat Sultankulov

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:3

    Content type: Review

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  37. Colorectal cancers are the third most common type in the world. The causes of the disease are poorly understood, but since the discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a causative agent of gastric cancer, attention ha...

    Authors: Peter C Tyrer, Frank A Frizelle and Jacqueline I Keenan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2014 9:2

    Content type: Research article

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  38. HIV-positive women are at increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and, especially, multiple infections compared to HIV-negative women. Whether certain HPV types have a tendency to cluster in mu...

    Authors: Salvatore Vaccarella, Hugo De Vuyst, Nelly R Mugo, Samah R Sakr, Martyn Plummer, Daniëlle A M Heideman, Silvia Franceschi and Michael Chung

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:50

    Content type: Short report

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  39. Akt, better known as protein kinase B (PKB), is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase which acts as mediator via PI3K/Akt pathway in many biological processes like glucose metabolism, apoptosis, cell diff...

    Authors: Jaikrit Bhutani, Asfandyar Sheikh and Asfandyar Khan Niazi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:49

    Content type: Letter to the Editor

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  40. The etiology of childhood cancers has been studied for more than 40 years. However, most if not all cancers occurring in children are attributed to unknown causes. This review is focused on the role of infecti...

    Authors: Kenneth Alibek, Assel Mussabekova, Ainur Kakpenova, Assem Duisembekova, Yeldar Baiken, Bauyrzhan Aituov, Nargis Karatayeva and Samal Zhussupbekova

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:48

    Content type: Review

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  41. Children with Down syndrome (DS) are at high risk of infectious toxicity when treated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia chemotherapy protocols optimized in children without DS. Our objective was to determine i...

    Authors: Thai Hoa Tran, David Mitchell, David Dix, Sonia Cellot, Marie-Chantal Ethier, Biljana Gillmeister, Johann Hitzler, Victor Lewis, Rochelle Yanofsky, Donna L Johnston, Carol Portwine, Victoria Price, Shayna Zelcer, Mariana Silva, Bruno Michon, Lynette Bowes…

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:47

    Content type: Research article

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  43. Cancer of the cervix rank the second most common cause of cancer related deaths among women in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that 529, 409 new cases are diagnosed annually with a mortality rate approachi...

    Authors: Lilian Kafuruki, Peter Fabian Rambau, Anthony Massinde and Nestory Masalu

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:45

    Content type: Research article

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  45. Microsporidia are obligate intracellular opportunistic fungi that cause significant pathology in immunocompromised hosts. However, 11 percent of immunocompetent individuals in the general population are micros...

    Authors: Cory Ann Leonard, Maria Schell, Robert Vincent Schoborg and James Russell Hayman

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:43

    Content type: Short report

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  46. Among men in the U.S., prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death. Despite its prevalence, there are few established risk factors for prostate cancer. Some studies h...

    Authors: E Susan Amirian, Joseph F Petrosino, Nadim J Ajami, Yanhong Liu, Martha P Mims and Michael E Scheurer

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:42

    Content type: Hypothesis

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  47. The etiology of primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell CD30+ lymphoma is largely unknown, and although an infectious involvement has been suspected, the implication of infectious agents in its pathogenesis is...

    Authors: Alessandro Borghi, Elisabetta Caselli, Dario Di Luca, Adolfo Sebastiani, Paolo Perri, Silva Seraceni, Carlo Contini and Annarosa Virgili

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:41

    Content type: Short report

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  48. This is a summary of the 1st Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Oncology Institute research grant writing workshop organized in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ...

    Authors: Ann Moormann, Jodi Skiles, Emmanuel Koros, Fredrick Chite Asirwa, Naftali Busakhala and Patrick Loehrer

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:40

    Content type: Meeting report

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  49. Infectious Agents and Cancer is introducing a new section of Clinical Oncology with the main objective of stimulating debate through articles published in the section. Infectious diseases have been the major caus...

    Authors: Franco M Buonaguro, Serigne N Gueye, Henry R Wabinga, Twalib A Ngoma, Jan B Vermorken and Sam M Mbulaiteye

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:39

    Content type: Editorial

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  50. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a serious problem for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women, increases their risk of cervical lesions and cancer. In cervical carcinogenesis, mutations in the p...

    Authors: Raquel P Souza, Fabrícia Gimenes, André LP de Abreu, Sheila C Rocha-Brischiliari, Maria DB de Carvalho, Érika C Ferreira, Marcelo G Bonini, Sandra M Pelloso and Marcia EL Consolaro

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2013 8:38

    Content type: Short report

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