Cervical carcinoma and sexual behavior: collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 15,461 women with cervical carcinoma and 29,164 women without cervical carcinoma from 21 epidemiological studies.

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High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types cause most cervical carcinomas and are sexually transmitted. Sexual behavior therefore affects HPV exposure and its cancer sequelae. The International Collaboration of Epidemiological Studies of Cervical Cancer has combined data on lifetime number of sexual partners and age at first sexual intercourse from 21 studies, or groups of studies, including 10,773 women with invasive cervical carcinoma, 4,688 women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia gra...

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Authors: International Collaboration of Epidemiological Studies of Cervical Cancer

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1060-1069
• Publication date: 2009-04-01
• DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-1186
• EISSN: 1538-7755
• ISSN: 1055-9965
• Language: English
• Keywords: Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Adult; Epidemiologic Studies; Papillomaviridae; Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; International Collaboration of Epidemiological Studies of Cervical Cancer; Sexual Behavior; DNA, Viral; Young Adult; Risk Factors; Carcinoma in Situ; Female; Cohort Studies; Humans; Male; Papillomavirus Infections; Adolescent; Case-Control Studies