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Human papillomavirus infection and risk of breast cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control studies

Overview of attention for article published in Infectious Agents and Cancer, March 2016
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Title
Human papillomavirus infection and risk of breast cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control studies
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Infectious Agents and Cancer, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13027-016-0058-9
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Jong-Myon Bae, Eun Hee Kim

Abstract

Although systematic reviews (SR) report that human papillomavirus (HPV) increases the risk of breast cancer, there are still disputes regarding this association. In particular, it has been argued that the risk level differs depending on nationality, type of tissue, subtype of HPV, and publication year. Considering that the searching year of publication for the previous SRs was June 2013, a renewal meta-analysis needs to be conducted. Using articles selected in the previous SRs, we compiled a list of references, cited articles, and related articles from the PubMed and Scopus databases. Of these, only publications with data from case-control studies on HPV DNA-positivity in tissues were chosen. Summary odds ratio (SOR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) were calculated through meta-analysis. Meta-regression analysis was performed for nationality, types of tissue, subtype of HPV, and publication year. Twenty-two case-control studies were selected, and the total number of individuals in the case and control group was 1897 and 948, respectively. According to the meta-analysis about the 22 publications, HPV infection increased the risk of breast cancer (SOR = 4.02, 95 % CI: 2.42-6.68; I-squared = 44.7 %). Statistical significance was not found in meta-regression performed on the four variables of nationality, type of tissue, subtype of HPV, and publication year which some researchers think sources of heterogeneity. The results of the present study supported the argument that HPV infection increases the risk of breast cancer. Age-matched case-control studies are in need in the future.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 55 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 14%
Student > Master 7 13%
Researcher 5 9%
Student > Postgraduate 5 9%
Other 12 21%
Unknown 10 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 21%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 13%
Unspecified 2 4%
Chemistry 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 12 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2016.
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#7,231,937
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#105
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#102,313
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#4
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