| human papillomavirus types 52 and 58 are prevalent in cervical cancers from chinese women. | a substantial body of evidence has confirmed human papillomavirus (hpv) infection as an etiologic agent in human cervical cancer. to evaluate the association between hpv and cervical cancer in chinese women, we examined tumor specimens from women who lived in shanghai, people's republic of china. biopsies from 40 women, diagnosed with either squamous-cell carcinoma (n = 35) or adenocarcinoma (n = 5) were tested for hpv dna by pcr. the hpv types present in tumors were determined either by hybridi ... | 1997 | 9033647 |