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Table 3 Comparison between histology and PCR results

From: Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in peri-tumor tissues and pelvic lymph nodes as potential molecular marker of micrometastasis in cervical cancer

 

HPV PCR pos (%)

HPV PCR neg (%)

P valuea

Primary tumor

 Histology pos (%)

15 (75)

0

 

Peri-tumor tissues

 Histology pos (%)

23 (42.6)

0

 

 Histology neg (%)

5 (9.3)

26 (48.1)

<0.0001

Lymph-nodes

 Histology pos (%)

3 (4.1)

2 (2.7)

 

 Histology neg (%)

17 (23.3)

51 (69.9)

0.2403

  1. a Yates-correction χ 2 test
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Infectious Agents and Cancer

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