AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the STD human papillomavirus, also known as HPV. There are at least 100 strains of the virus, and until recently, scientists had only confirmed that two strains of the virus (types 16 and 18) caused the disease, says Diane Solomon, M.D., a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute's division of cancer prevention. But now 13 other HPV types have been identified as carcinogenic, according to recent research ...