The prevalence of EBV and CMV DNA in epithelial ovarian cancer

The prevalence of EBV and CMV DNA in epithelial ovarian cancer

Abstract Background The underlying cause of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is unknown. It has been theorized that infectious agents could contribute to ovarian tumorigenesis. Objective To investigate the potential role of oncogenic viral infection in EOC, we examined the prevalence of Epstein-Barr...

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Main Authors: Kasper Ingerslev, Estrid Høgdall, Wojciech Skovrider-Ruminski, Tine Henrichsen Schnack, Marianne Lidang, Claus Høgdall, Jan Blaakaer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
Subjects:
Epithelial ovarian cancer
Viral carcinogenesis
Cytomegalovirus
Epstein-Barr virus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-019-0223-z

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