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ArticleOncology letters2015

Molecular analysis of human papillomavirus in never-smokers with non-small cell lung cancer.

Shun-Ichi Isa, Yu Kurahara, Satomi Yamamoto, Akihiro Tamiya, Naoki Omachi, Kazuhiro Asami, Kyoichi Okishio, Tomoki Utsumi, Norimasa Ito, Hyung-Eun Yoon and 3 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13 authors.

Shun-Ichi IsaClinical Research Center, Sakai, Japan.
Yu KuraharaDivision of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Satomi YamamotoDivision of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Akihiro TamiyaDivision of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Naoki OmachiDivision of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Kazuhiro AsamiDivision of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Kyoichi OkishioClinical Research Center, Sakai, Japan.
Tomoki UtsumiDivision of Chest Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Norimasa ItoDivision of Chest Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Hyung-Eun YoonDivision of Chest Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Akihide MatsumuraDivision of Chest Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan.
Shinji AtagiClinical Research Center, Sakai, Japan.
Tomoya KawaguchiDivision of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan ; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The causes of lung cancer in never-smokers remain unclear. The potential contribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) to the carcinogenesis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported. In 2008, a prospective registry of never-smokers with NSCLC was established at the Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Never-smokers with NSCLC were consecutively enrolled onto the registry. Of these patients, 114 with large tumor specimens, the majority of which were surgical tissues, were selected. In total, 23 of the most clinically relevant HPV types were assayed using polymerase chain reaction amplification of the viral genome. Following exclusion of samples with suboptimal quality, DNA was extracted from 96 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples. These 96 cases consisted of 82 females (85.4%) and 14 males (14.6%), with a median age of 67 years (range, 29-83). Almost all cases (93.8%) were of the adenocarcinoma histological subtype. Despite confirmation of the quality and amount of DNA, HPV type 6 was detected in only one case (1.1%). Furthermore, no other samples examined were positive for any other HPV types. The results therefore suggest that HPV does not play a major role as the driving oncogenic event in never-smokers with NSCLC.

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human papillomaviruslung cancernever-smokersprospective registry

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PMCPMC4301494

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