serologic response in human papillomavirus-associated invasive cervical cancer. | human papillomavirus (hpv) transforming proteins e6 and e7 are uniformly expressed in hpv-associated cervical cancer. our objective was to measure antibodies to hpv-16 e6 and e7 proteins in cervical cancer patients using an assay which would detect antibodies to conformational epitopes. serum specimens obtained from two case-control studies of hpvs and cervical cancer were tested. the studies were performed in cali, colombia, south america and in 9 provinces of spain. cases consisted of women wi ... | 1993 | 8244575 |