Inappropriate testing for HPV types on healthy subjects increases costs without benefit and potentially results in overtreatment. HPV testing also has a negative psychosocial impact on women, increasing anxiety, stres...Inappropriate testing for HPV types on healthy subjects increases costs without benefit and potentially results in overtreatment. HPV testing also has a negative psychosocial impact on women, increasing anxiety, stress, and concerns on sexual relationships. Giving the fact that HPV testing has been shown to have similar sensitivity but more overdiagnosis than cytology, and also giving the fact that false negative results may be higher than previously suspected, primary screening with HPV tests in European countries should be reconsidered. Resources saved in molecular testing may well be addressed in implementing vaccination strategies which are still underused, and may possibly include males as well as women.展开更多
Objective: To explore an ideal approach for detecting the physical status of HPV-16 in clinic use and to investigate the integrated HPV-16 in CINs and cervical cancer. Methods: Multiplex real-time PCR method was est...Objective: To explore an ideal approach for detecting the physical status of HPV-16 in clinic use and to investigate the integrated HPV-16 in CINs and cervical cancer. Methods: Multiplex real-time PCR method was established to quantify the copy numbers of E2 and E6 genes (E2/E6) for analysis of the physical status of HPV-16 DNA and this assay was compared to Southern blot analysis. HPV-16-containing paraffin-embedded tissues including 49 CINs and 51 cervical squamous cancers were detected using the method. Results: (1) The cutoff ratio of E2/E6 to distinguish pure episomal from mixed HPV-16, was 0.81 in the multiplex real-time PCR; (2) The agreement rate between multiplex real-time PCR and Southern blot was 81.5% (the Kappa statistic was 0.844, P〈0.001); (3) HPV-16 DNA existed in an episomal form in 57.1% and mixed form in 42.9% of CIN I lesions; The concomitant form of HPV-16 (〉70%) constituted the majodty in CIN Ⅱ and CIN Ⅲ; HPV-16 DNA mostly integrated into the host chromosome (s) in squamous cervical cancers (68.6%); (4) The incidence of HPV-16 integration was increased with the degree of cervical lesions; (5) The frequency of pure integrated HPV-16 in stage Ⅱ+Ⅲ (88%) was significantly higher than that in stage Ⅰ (33.3%). Conclusion: (1) Mutiplex real-time PCR provides a rapid, sensitive and reliable method for clinic detection of the physical state of HPV-16 DNA; (2) The integration of the HPV-16 DNA is a very eady and important event in the progression from preinvasive to invasive cervical cancer; (3) The pure integrated status of HPV-16 in cervical cancer may be associated with poor prognosis of cervical cancer, but further study will be needed to prove its prognostic significance.展开更多
Worldwide there has been a significant increase in the incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma(OPSCC)etiologically attributed to oncogenic human papillomavirus(HPV).Reliable and accurate identification and ...Worldwide there has been a significant increase in the incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma(OPSCC)etiologically attributed to oncogenic human papillomavirus(HPV).Reliable and accurate identification and detection tools are important as the incidence of HPV-related cancer is on the rise.Several HPV detection methods for OPSCC have been developed and each has its own advantages and disadvantages in regard to sensitivity,specificity,and technical difficulty.This review summarizes our current knowledge of molecular methods for detecting HPV in OPSCC,including HPV DNA/RNA polymerase chain reaction(PCR),loop-mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP),p16 immunohistochemistry(IHC),and DNA/RNA in situ hybridization(ISH)assays.This summary may facilitate the selection of a suitable method for detecting HPV infection,and therefore may help in the early diagnosis of HPV-related carcinoma to reduce its mortality,incidence,and morbidity.展开更多
文摘Inappropriate testing for HPV types on healthy subjects increases costs without benefit and potentially results in overtreatment. HPV testing also has a negative psychosocial impact on women, increasing anxiety, stress, and concerns on sexual relationships. Giving the fact that HPV testing has been shown to have similar sensitivity but more overdiagnosis than cytology, and also giving the fact that false negative results may be higher than previously suspected, primary screening with HPV tests in European countries should be reconsidered. Resources saved in molecular testing may well be addressed in implementing vaccination strategies which are still underused, and may possibly include males as well as women.
基金Supported by postdoctoral research fellowship from FIGO/ESRF (International Federation of Gynecology and Obsterics/Ernst Schering Research Foundation).
文摘Objective: To explore an ideal approach for detecting the physical status of HPV-16 in clinic use and to investigate the integrated HPV-16 in CINs and cervical cancer. Methods: Multiplex real-time PCR method was established to quantify the copy numbers of E2 and E6 genes (E2/E6) for analysis of the physical status of HPV-16 DNA and this assay was compared to Southern blot analysis. HPV-16-containing paraffin-embedded tissues including 49 CINs and 51 cervical squamous cancers were detected using the method. Results: (1) The cutoff ratio of E2/E6 to distinguish pure episomal from mixed HPV-16, was 0.81 in the multiplex real-time PCR; (2) The agreement rate between multiplex real-time PCR and Southern blot was 81.5% (the Kappa statistic was 0.844, P〈0.001); (3) HPV-16 DNA existed in an episomal form in 57.1% and mixed form in 42.9% of CIN I lesions; The concomitant form of HPV-16 (〉70%) constituted the majodty in CIN Ⅱ and CIN Ⅲ; HPV-16 DNA mostly integrated into the host chromosome (s) in squamous cervical cancers (68.6%); (4) The incidence of HPV-16 integration was increased with the degree of cervical lesions; (5) The frequency of pure integrated HPV-16 in stage Ⅱ+Ⅲ (88%) was significantly higher than that in stage Ⅰ (33.3%). Conclusion: (1) Mutiplex real-time PCR provides a rapid, sensitive and reliable method for clinic detection of the physical state of HPV-16 DNA; (2) The integration of the HPV-16 DNA is a very eady and important event in the progression from preinvasive to invasive cervical cancer; (3) The pure integrated status of HPV-16 in cervical cancer may be associated with poor prognosis of cervical cancer, but further study will be needed to prove its prognostic significance.
基金Project supported by the Universiti Sains Malaysia Research University Grant(1001/PPSG/8012345)。
文摘Worldwide there has been a significant increase in the incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma(OPSCC)etiologically attributed to oncogenic human papillomavirus(HPV).Reliable and accurate identification and detection tools are important as the incidence of HPV-related cancer is on the rise.Several HPV detection methods for OPSCC have been developed and each has its own advantages and disadvantages in regard to sensitivity,specificity,and technical difficulty.This review summarizes our current knowledge of molecular methods for detecting HPV in OPSCC,including HPV DNA/RNA polymerase chain reaction(PCR),loop-mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP),p16 immunohistochemistry(IHC),and DNA/RNA in situ hybridization(ISH)assays.This summary may facilitate the selection of a suitable method for detecting HPV infection,and therefore may help in the early diagnosis of HPV-related carcinoma to reduce its mortality,incidence,and morbidity.