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Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Panonica, et Adriatica
The aim of the present study was to obtain first data on the distribution of human papillomavirus... more The aim of the present study was to obtain first data on the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in patients with anal cancer (AC) in Slovenia. A total of 21 samples of AC (16 archival FFPE samples and 5 fresh-frozen tissue samples) collected from the same number of patients were analysed. All samples were tested for the presence of HPV DNA using a consensus GP5+/ GP6+ PCR and HPV genotypes determined by the INNO LiPA HPV Genotyping Extra test, capable of recognizing 28 different alfa-HPV genotypes. All 21 AC samples were HPV DNA positive. The most frequent HPV genotype, found in 19/21 AC samples, was HPV-16. Only low-risk HPV-6 was detected in one sample and infection with high-risk HPV-52 and low-risk HPV-61 was identified in one sample. Prophylactic HPV vaccination with currently available vaccines could potentially prevent the great majority of anal cancers in Slovenia.
Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Panonica, et Adriatica
The aim of the present study was to obtain first data on the distribution of human papillomavirus... more The aim of the present study was to obtain first data on the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in patients with anal cancer (AC) in Slovenia. A total of 21 samples of AC (16 archival FFPE samples and 5 fresh-frozen tissue samples) collected from the same number of patients were analysed. All samples were tested for the presence of HPV DNA using a consensus GP5+/ GP6+ PCR and HPV genotypes determined by the INNO LiPA HPV Genotyping Extra test, capable of recognizing 28 different alfa-HPV genotypes. All 21 AC samples were HPV DNA positive. The most frequent HPV genotype, found in 19/21 AC samples, was HPV-16. Only low-risk HPV-6 was detected in one sample and infection with high-risk HPV-52 and low-risk HPV-61 was identified in one sample. Prophylactic HPV vaccination with currently available vaccines could potentially prevent the great majority of anal cancers in Slovenia.