Evaluation of human papillomavirus as a risk factor in prostate cancer pathogenesis.

Discov Oncol · 2025 · PMC12276187 · PMID 40682761

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The authors found that the association between either HPV 16 or 18 and PCa risk was highly significant (PCa 24%, 40/165 positive cases; BPH 21%, 60/290 positive cases), while seropositivity against HPV types 11 and 33 showed no significant associations with PCa.

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