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. 2003 Aug;192(3):137-40.
doi: 10.1007/s00430-002-0128-z. Epub 2002 Aug 13.

Esophageal cancer in Germany is associated with Epstein-Barr-virus but not with papillomaviruses

S Awerkiew  1 , E Bollschweiler, R Metzger, P M Schneider, A H Hölscher, H Pfister
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Esophageal cancer in Germany is associated with Epstein-Barr-virus but not with papillomaviruses

S Awerkiew et al. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2003 Aug.

Abstract

Esophageal squamous cell carcinomas ( n=23) and adenocarcinomas ( n=14) from German patients were tested for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV) DNA. No DNA for either genital HPV or epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated HPV was detected in any tumor. In contrast, 35% of squamous cell carcinomas and 36% of adenocarcinomas were shown to contain EBV DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction.

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