Monday, 23 July 2012

Risk of Developing Cervical Cancer Not Influenced by HIV Status



The risk of developing cervical cancer in women is not influenced by presence of HIV infection as long as the tests were HPV negative and had they had normal cervical cytology, a new study reveals. Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City followed 145 women without HIV infection and found six cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia over a five-year period compared to nine such cases in 219 women with HIV infection. "Specifically, ...





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