ROLE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS GENOTYPE 16 IN PATHOLOGY OF CERVICAL CANCER

Abstract

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignant neoplasm in women worldwide and the third in Iraq. One of the reasons accounting for this is the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is found in 70% of Iraqis. The present study is aimed at finding the mechanism of pathogenesis which the HPV16 genotype possesses in this disease.

Keywords

• hpv16
• genotype
• cervical cancer
• pathology