Infectious Agents and Cancer

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HPV prevalence and genotype distribution among women in Sanming, China: a retrospective analysis before large-scale vaccination	65
Epidemiology of high-risk human papillomavirus among women of the north-central region of Ecuador: a retrospective study	48
Prognostic analysis of inconsistent combinations of HPV and p16 in a Chinese/Asian oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma population	39
Small extracellular vesicles as key players in cancer development caused by human oncogenic viruses	33
Validation in Zambia of a cervical screening strategy including HPV genotyping and artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated visual evaluation	30
Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status	30
Inhibitory effect and mechanism of Lactobacillus crispatus on cervical precancerous cells Ect1/E6E7 and screening of early warning factors	28
HPV16/HPV58 viral load is non-linearly correlated with cervical lesions and can be used as a triage marker	27
The effectiveness of HPV vaccination on the incidence of oropharyngeal cancers in men: a review	26
Why so much uncertainty about adjuvant HPV vaccines after local treatment? Can the discrepancy between the positive statistical results and the scientific community doubts be solved?	26
Mendelian randomization in cancer research: opportunities and challenges	24
Impact of differentiating between persistent and new infections on colposcopy referral in HPV-positive triage-negative women: results from the NTCC2 study	23
Correction: A comprehensive cross-sectional survey to identify barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening in women with HIV in Guangxi, China	23
Analysis of the triage value of multigene methylation testing for CIN2 + in hrHPV-positive patients	23
Investigation of the presence of cervical human papillomavirus and the distribution of preinvasive lesions in patients using immunomodulators-Inosine Pranobex	22
Single-cell analysis reveals the regulatory role of ECT2 in HPV-driven cervical carcinogenesis process	22
Plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA for the prediction of treatment response and disease progression in non-keratinizing differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma	22
Emerging paradigms: unmasking the role of oxidative stress in HPV-induced carcinogenesis	21
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of newly diagnosed patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated Burkitt lymphoma: the Central and Western China AIDS lymphoma league 002 study (CALL-002	20
Precision therapeutic targets for HPV-positive cancers: an overview and new insights	19
Skin biopsy processing for rapid molecular diagnosis and histopathologic interpretation: application to Kaposi sarcoma in East Africa	19
Evaluation of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis correlation with the expression of cellular signaling pathway genes in Iranian patients with colorectal cancer	18
CTSG may inhibit disease progression in HIV-related lung cancer patients by affecting immunosuppression	18
Highly sensitive deep panel sequencing of 27 HPV genotypes in prostate cancer biopsies results in very low detection rates and indicates that HPV is not a major etiological driver of this malignancy	18
Genetic and transcriptional insights reveal hepatitis C virus as a driver of kidney cancer	17

Clinical characteristics and prognostic impact of HPV infection in head and neck cancer patients in China: a nationwide multicenter study	17
Correction: Potential molecular mechanisms of chronic fatigue in long haul COVID and other viral diseases	15
Concurrent sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma presenting with cutaneous adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: a rare case report	15
Prognostic role of whole blood Epstein‑Barr virus DNA load in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma	15
Development and validation of a multiplex qPCR method for identification of high-risk genotypes of human papillomavirus	15
Cox proportional hazard-model application: time to cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV in South Africa	15
Prevalence of HPV in anal cancer: exploring the role of infection and inflammation	15
Conventional therapy for genital herpesvirus and remission of HPV-related lesions: a case series	14
Emerging role of microbiota derived outer membrane vesicles to preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic proposes	14
Differential expression and prognostic role of ACACA, ACLY, and FASN in schistosomiasis-associated versus hepatitis B virus-related liver cancer	14
Methylation-specific qPCR for the EBV C promoter to quantify EBV methylation	14
Correction: Colorectal liver metastases patients prognostic assessment: prospects and limits of radiomics and radiogenomics	14
Polygenic risk scores for cervical HPV infection, neoplasia and cancer show potential for personalised screening: comparison of two methods	13
Mandatory preventive vaccines for infectious diseases expressing T-cell epitopes for cancer prevention	13
The viral origins of breast cancer	12
A comparative analysis of somatic mutational profiles according to HIV status among women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 (CIN3): a focus on hotspots in TP53, PIK3CA, PTEN, and EGFR	12
Multiple pathogens and prostate cancer	12
An overview of mouse models of hepatocellular carcinoma	11
Prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis in HR HPV-positive women and its association with squamous intraepithelial lesions	11
The trend of schistosomiasis related bladder cancer in the lake zone, Tanzania: a retrospective review over 10 years period	11
Persistence and risk factors of high-risk human papillomavirus infection among HIV positive and HIV negative tanzanian women: a cohort study	10
Cervicovaginal microbiota: a promising direction for prevention and treatment in cervical cancer	10
Assessing the risk of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL+) in women with LSIL biopsies: a machine learning-based study	10
A SEER-based analysis of trends in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma	10
Primary seminal vesicle Burkitt lymphoma in a patient living with HIV undergoing radical prostate and seminal vesicle resection: a rare missed case report	10
Generalized structural equation modeling of demographic disparities in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among female schoolteachers in a middle eastern country	9
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) grip on T-cells: investigating the viral tapestry of activation	9
Prophylactic treatment with oral azithromycin in cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic (OnCoVID): a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial	9
Correction: Utilization of cervical cancer screening services and its associated factors in Iran: a case–control study	9
Investigating the expression of HERV-K env, np9, gag, and rec in bladder cancers	9
Outcome in patients with HIV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma treated with chemotherapy using Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine in the combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era: resu	8
Undifferentiated carcinoma of the liver with osteoclast-like giant cells: a case report and literature review	8
Metronomic chemotherapy in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma with residual EBV-DNA after induction chemotherapy	8
Impact of plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA in posttreatment nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection	8
HPV integration: a precise biomarker for detection of residual/recurrent disease after treatment of CIN2-3	8
Presence of a mouse mammary tumour virus-like in feline lymphomas: a preliminary study	8
Microbiota and metabolite profiles of saliva, oral swab and cancer tissue from patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)	8
Detection of bovine leukemia virus, Epstein-Barr virus and human papillomavirus in breast cancer tissues of Egyptian patients	8
Molecular triage of cervical screening samples in women 55–59 years of age: a pilot study	8
Incidence of oncogenic HPV and HPV-related dysplasia five years after a negative HPV test by self-sampling in elderly women	8
Incidence of de novo HPV infections in a previous HPV-negative group, related to use of different contraceptive methods: a retrospective cohort study	8
Correction: HPV genotyping by L1 amplicon sequencing of archived invasive cervical cancer samples: a pilot study	8
Dengue virus infection and potential association with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Egypt: a pilot study	7
Impact of Epstein-Barr virus and CD lymphocytes on the prognosis of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma	7
High-risk human papillomavirus genotypes in cervical squamous cell carcinomas diagnosed in Rwanda	7
GYPC methylation performance in detecting cervical (pre)cancer in high-risk HPV-positive women using liquid-based cervical scrapes	7
High-risk human papillomavirus genotyping in cervical cancers in Tanzania	7
High-risk HPV genotypes in women with abnormal cytology: a 12-year retrospective study	7
Seroprevalence of human papilloma virus 6, 11, 16 and 18 among pregnant women in Mwanza-Tanzania	7
Digital health technologies in medicine: evidence, artificial intelligence integration, and ethical challenges	7

Shared genetic factors and causal association between chronic hepatitis C infection and diffuse large B cell lymphoma	7
Human papillomavirus type 16 and 18 in urothelial bladder neoplasms: detection, quantification, and comparison with non-neoplastic samples	6
Real-world clinical features and survival outcomes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients with hepatitis B virus infection	6
An exploratory study on the differential diagnostic indicators between adult systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders and angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma with multiple EBV infecti	6
Pneumocystis jirovecii with high probability detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of chemotherapy-related interstitial pneumonia in patients with lymphoma using metagenomic next-generation sequenc	6
Nelfinavir inhibition of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus protein expression and capsid assembly	6
Opportunities and challenges encountered in managing cervical cancer during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic	6
CD147 and cyclophilin A: a promising potential targeted therapy for COVID-19 and associated cancer progression and chemo-resistance	6
Tumor-infiltrating CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ Treg is associated with plasma EBV DNA and disease progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma	6
Distribution patterns of human papillomavirus genotypes among women in Guangzhou, China	6
Prophylactic vaccines against HPV-caused cervical cancer: novel vaccines are still demanded	6
Willingness to accept human papilloma virus vaccination and its associated factors among parents with eligible daughters in Addis Zemen town, Northwest Ethiopia	6
Human papillomavirus genotypes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: prevalence and public health implications	6
Human parvovirus B19 infection in malignant and benign tissue specimens of different head and neck anatomical subsites	6
Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes and associated HIV co-infection in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Tenofovir versus entecavir on decreasing risk of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation	6
The epidemic of human papillomavirus virus-related oropharyngeal cancer: current controversies and future questions	6
Exploring hematic crasis variations in cancer patients following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a real-practice study	5
Impact of oncogenic viruses on autoimmune diseases and tumorigenesis	5
Association of lymph node ratio with adjuvant radiotherapy benefit in human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a population-based analysis	5
Analysis of risk factors of cholangiocarcinoma, role of diabetes mellitus and hepatitis B virus infection in the intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a retrospective case-based study in C	5
Vaginal microbiota and gynecological cancers: a complex and evolving relationship	5
China’s actions for post-political commitment to global strategy to accelerate cervical cancer elimination	5
HPV18 L1 and long control region sequences variation and E6/E7 differential expression in nasopharyngeal and cervical cancers: a comparative study	5
Development and validation of a nomogram for assessing hepatocellular carcinoma risk after SVR in hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis	5
Genotypes of human papillomavirus and clinical pathological features among patients with anal carcinoma in North-western Tanzania	5
HPV–driven breast carcinogenesis: associations with tumor severity, Ki67 expression and metastasis	5
Epstein-Barr virus infection shapes the genetic, transcriptomic, and immune microenvironment landscape of Burkitt lymphoma	5
Prevalence of blood stream infections and associated factors among febrile neutropenic cancer patients on chemotherapy at Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Tanzania	5
Reprogramming the gut–liver immune axis: probiotic-derived extracellular vesicles as precision nanotherapeutics in hepatocellular carcinoma	5
Immune checkpoint blockade PD-1 therapy for primary liver cancer: incidence and influencing factors of thyroid dysfunction	5
The prognostic role of PD-L1 expression and the presence of polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma cases	5
Correction: Conventional, functional and radiomics assessment for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	5
The correlation between Trichomonas vaginalis infection and reproductive system cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
High-risk human papillomavirus genotype distribution among women with gynecology complaints in northwest Ethiopia	5
Early and late recurrence after hepatectomy in patients with low-level HBV-DNA hepatocellular carcinoma under antiviral therapy	5
Post-conization surveillance in an organized cervical screening program with more than 23,000 years of follow-up	5
Elucidating the clonal relationship of esophageal second primary tumors in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma	5
Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus types among women aged 30–49 years in the Chuy region, Kyrgyzstan	5
Evaluation of multidrug resistance in the Gram-negative microbiome of cancer patients and the adverse effects of their metabolites on albino rats and epithelial or fibroblasts cell lines	4
Systematic review and meta-analysis of chemotherapy-induced adverse drug reactions among children with cancer in Africa	4
A prognostic model for Schistosoma japonicum infection-associated liver hepatocellular carcinoma: strengthening the connection through initial biological experiments	4
Possible role of autophagy induced by COVID-19 in cancer progression, chemo-resistance, and tumor recurrence	4
Serum level of soluble Interleukin-2 receptor among human papilloma virus infected female patients	4
Radiologists and treatment response assessment: conventional and functional radiological criteria for predicting therapeutic response in virus-related and non-virus-related cancers	4
Colorectal liver metastases patients prognostic assessment: prospects and limits of radiomics and radiogenomics	4
Influence of blood EBV-DNA level on survival of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer on immune checkpoint inhibitors: a meta-analysis	4
Recent updates of centromere proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma: a review	4
Illuminating the pathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular investigations of myelocytomatosis in chicken embryos	4
Association between co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis or Mycoplasma genitalium and cervical lesions in HPV-positive population in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study	4
Molecular interaction of human papilloma virus (HPV) with microRANs: insights into the development of cervical cancer and treatment approaches	4
miR-3191 promotes the proliferation and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma via regulating PAK6	4
New mouse model based on adenocarcinoma 4T1 cells expressing HPV16 E6 and E7 applied to assess the efficacy of therapeutic and prophylactic E6/E7-based HPV16 vaccines	4
Hepatitis B and C virus infections and the risk of biliary tract cancers: a meta-analysis of observational studies	4
Global comparative transcriptomes uncover novel and population-specific gene expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	4
Two cases demonstrate an association between Tropheryma whipplei and pulmonary marginal zone lymphoma	4
Exploratory analysis of lamivudine legacy and clonal selection of HBs truncation mutants in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma	4
EPRS1 correlates with malignant progression in hepatocellular carcinoma	4
HIV-related lung cancer in Uganda: a cohort study	4
Clinical impact of concurrent autologous adoptive T cells immunotherapy in active COVID-19 infected cancer patients for chemotherapy	4
Oral-genital HPV infection transmission, concordance of HPV genotypes and genital lesions among spouses/ partners of patients diagnosed with HPV-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC):	3
From pathogen to cure: exploring the antitumor potential of Toxoplasma gondii	3
Bacterial contributions to cancer development: mechanisms, dysbiosis, and cross-cancer associations	3
Qualitative and semi-quantitative ultrasound assessment in delta and Omicron Covid-19 patients: data from high volume reference center	3
HPV genotyping by L1 amplicon sequencing of archived invasive cervical cancer samples: a pilot study	3
Pyroptosis patterns influence the clinical outcome and immune microenvironment characterization in HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	3
Bimodal antibody-titer decline following BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in healthcare workers of the INT – IRCCS “Fondazione Pascale” Cancer Center (Naples, Italy)	3
Correction: Do women with high-risk HPV E6/E7 mRNA test positivity and NILM cytology need colposcopy?	3
Comparison of Epstein–Barr virus and Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and oral fluids of HIV-negative individuals aged 3–89 years from Uganda	3
Antiproliferative effects of mesenchymal stem cells carrying Newcastle disease virus and Lactobacillus Casei extract on CT26 Cell line: synergistic effects in cancer therapy	3
Identification of novel miRNAs potentially involved in the pathogenesis of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma using WGCNA followed by RT-qPCR test of hub genes	3
The E6 and E7 proteins of beta3 human papillomavirus 49 can deregulate both cellular and extracellular vesicles-carried microRNAs	3
Additive interaction between hepatitis B virus infection and tobacco smoking on the risk of gastric cancer in a Chinese population	3
DC-SIGN (CD209)-mediated interactions between bacteria, lung cancer tissues, and macrophages promote cancer metastasis	3
Epstein-Barr virus and Burkitt’s lymphoma. Associations in Iraqi Kurdistan and twenty-two countries assessed in the International Incidence of Childhood Cancer	3
The role of lipids and lipids lowering drugs in human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-associated cancers	3
A systematic study on the treatment of hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma with drugs based on bioinformatics and key target reverse network pharmacology and experimental verification	3
Can statins lessen the burden of virus mediated cancers?	3
High-risk human papillomavirus genotype distribution among women living with HIV; implication for cervical cancer prevention in a resource limited setting	3
Verification of the association of the cycle threshold (Ct) values from HPV testing on Cobas4800 with the histologic grades of cervical lesions using data from two population-based cervical cancer scr	3

Evaluation of hpv risk groups among women enrolled in the mulher cervical cancer screening study in Mozambique	3
Epidemiology and survival outcomes of HIV-associated cervical cancer in Nigeria	3
Age-specific 3-year risk of cervical precancer among HPV-positive women attending screening: a post hoc analysis from a retrospective cohort	3
Post-exposure prophylaxis with sotrovimab for Omicron (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 variant during the aplastic phase of autologous stem cell transplantation	3
Risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or more diagnoses for human papillomavirus16/18-positive women by cytology and co-infection status	3
Uptake of cervical cancer screening and its predictors among women of reproductive age in Gomma district, South West Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study	3
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) antibody changes over time in a general population cohort in rural Uganda, 1992–2008	3
Silencing HPV: the rise of RNA therapeutics in cervical cancer	2
Knowledge and attitudes toward HPV, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine among healthcare providers in Ahvaz, Southwest Iran	2
Artificial intelligence-driven screening, early diagnosis, and treatment strategies for cervical cancer: an overview	2
Parasites’ immunomodulators: a breakthrough in immunotherapeutics displaying antineoplastic activity against human colorectal and hepatocellular carcinoma cells	2
Virological perspectives of the current situation of oncogenic viruses in Egypt: a review	2
Activating transcription factor 3 inhibits NF‑κB p65 signaling pathway and mediates apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in cervical cancer cells	2
Hepatitis B or C viral infection and the risk of cervical cancer	2
Combined extract of heated TC1, a heat-killed preparation of Lactobacillus casei and alpha-galactosyl ceramide in a mouse model of cervical cancer	2
Prevalence of MMTV-like sequences in breast cancer samples in Romanian patients-there is a geographic difference compared to the Western world	2
Utilization of cervical cancer screening services and its associated factors in Iran: a case–control study	2
p16INK4a and pRb expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma with and without infection by EBV or different genotypes of HPV: a retrospective study	2
Findings from a Malaysian multicentre study on oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma	2
Designing and psychometric assessment of the scale of factors influencing HPV vaccine uptake behaviors in young adults	2
Molecular, immunological and oncogenic mechanisms of cervical cancer mediated by HPV/HIV co-infection, clinical implication and management	2
Clinical significance of HPV DNA and EGFR mutations in Egyptian NSCLC	2
Human papillomaviruses in hand squamous cell carcinomas from Chilean patients	2
Inhibition of death-ligand-induced apoptosis in Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small RNAs-expressing human T-cell line	2
Bridging the gap for diverse applications of parasites as advanced cancer therapeutics: current progress and future directions	2
HPV testing alone as a test of cure after treatment with cervical loop excision: a retrospective register-based cohort study	2
COVID-19 infection and cancer regression: a review of current evidence, potential mechanisms, and clinical perspectives on a Paradoxical phenomenon	2
The performance of single and combination test strategies using visual inspection, cytology, high-risk HPV DNA and HPV16/18 to screen South African women with and without HIV-infection	2
Construction and validation of prognostic signature for hepatocellular carcinoma basing on hepatitis B virus related specific genes	2
Genotyping HPV 16 and 18 in oral and oropharyngeal cancer: uncovering HIV as a key risk factor in a Ugandan cohort	2
Novel C-terminal HBx truncation (G135) in genotype D1 HBV: predicted effects on oncogenic signaling	2
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) - “Sulfonyl”, and anal cancer outcomes from patients living with HIV: a retrospective cohort	2
Gut microbiota and glioblastoma: composition, mechanisms, and therapeutic interventions	2
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma of different etiologies: a retrospective study	2
Expression of 10 circulating cytokines/chemokines in HBV-related liver disease	2
The global burden of cervical cancer requiring surgery: database estimates	2
Prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among West African populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Estimating the prevalence of Epstein–Barr virus in primary gastric lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Primary hepatic Epstein-Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a rare case with genomic profiling and therapeutic implications	2
Prognostic significance of quantitative EBV biomarkers in extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis of EBV DNA load and EBER-positive cell proportion	2
The diagnostic and prognostic implications of PRKRA expression in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma	2
Shifting HPV-cancer burden: from cervical cancer to oropharyngeal cancer	2
Brassicasterol inhibits hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma development via suppression of AKT signaling pathway	2
Bacterial vaginosis in microscopic examination of Pap smears in patients with high-risk HPV is associated with viral persistence and cytological progression in a longitudinal study	2
Exploring the link between viruses and cancer in companion animals: a comprehensive and comparative analysis	2
Imaging of human papilloma virus (HPV) related oropharynx tumour: what we know to date	2
Insight into the mechanisms regulating liver cancer stem cells by hepatitis B virus X protein	2
HTLV-1 infection and microRNAs: unraveling the complex crosstalk	2