| human papillomavirus in high- and low-risk areas of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in china. | to examine the potential roles of human papillomavirus (hpv) in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc) development, we examined the presence of hpv dna in paraffin-embedded escc tissues collected from two areas with different escc incidence rates in china, that is, gansu (n=26) and shandong (n=33), using pcr with spf10 primers, or pcr with gp5+/gp6+ primers combined with southern blot hybridisation. hpv genotype was determined by the inno-lipa hpv genotyping kit. hpv dna was detected in 17 c ... | 2007 | 17453003 |