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. 2024 May 25;13(6):451. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13060451

Table 1.

Prevalence of HPV DNA detection in breast cancer samples according to different studies.

Study Positive Cases/Total Cases (%) Genotypes Detected (Detected/Cases) Technique Used
Haghighi, 2023 [21] 23/90 (25%) HPV16 (10/23), HPV18 (9/23), HPV33 (2/23). RT-PCR on CPT
Maroga, 2023 [22] 78/101 (77%) HPV16 (37/101) HPV70 (36/101), HPV51 (22/101), HPV35 (16/101), HPV82 (16/101), HPV18 (5/101). PCR on FFPE sections
Alinezhadi, 2022 [23] 8/63 (13%) HPV33 (3/8), HPV16 (2/8), HPV11 (1/8). PCR on FFPE sections
Calderon, 2022 [24] 13/447 (3%) HPV16 (11/13), HPV18 (2/13). PCR on CPT (controls) and FFPE sections (cases)
Gupta, 2022 [25] 48/74 (65%) // PCR on FFPE TMA
Mamani-Zapana, 2022 [26] 27/32 (84%) HPV18 (19/27), HPV16 (8/27). RT-PCR on FFPE sections
Oliveira, 2022 [27] 0/54 (0%) // Nested-PCR on FFPE sections
Charostad, 2021 [28] 12/36 (33%) HPV16 (8/12), HPV18 (2/12), HPV31 (1/12), HPV6 (1/12). PCR on CPT
Elagali, 2021 [29] 13/150 (9%) HPV16 (5/13), HPV58 (4/13), HPV18 (3/13), HPV11 (1/13). PCR on FFPE sections
Golrokh Mofrad, 2021 [30] 7/59 (12%) HPV18 (5/7), HPV6 (2/7). PCR on FFPE sections
Gupta, 2021 [31] 37/70 (53%) HPV52 (18%), HPV45 (11%), HPV31 (4%), HPV58 (4%), HPV68 (1%). PCR on FFPE sections
Guo, 2021 [32] 58/180 (32%) HPV16/18 (39/58), HPV6/11 (19/58). CISH on FFPE sections
Sher, 2020 [33] 5/50 (10%) HPV16 (3/5), HPV35 (3/5), HPV58 (1/5). PCR on fresh breast tissue
Tawfeik, 2020 [34] 4/20 (20%) HPV16 (3/4), HPV18 (1/4). RT-PCR on CPT
Balci, 2019 [35] 8/18 (44%) HPV11 (8/8), HPV39 (2/8), HPV6 (1/8), HPV82 (1/8) PCR on FFPE sections
Baltzell, 2018 [36] 2/61 (3%) by IS-PCR
4/61 (7%) by ISH
HPV16 IS-PCR and ISH on FFPE sections
Cavalcante, 2018 [37] 51/103 (50%) HPVX (40/51), HPV6/11 (7/51), HPV18 (2/51), HPV33 (2/51) Nested-PCR on FFPE samples
Ghaffari, 2018 [38] 4/72 (6%) // Nested-PCR on FFPE sections
Habyarimana, 2018 [39] 22/47 (47%) HPV16 (77%), HPV33(14%), HPV31 (9%) Nested-PCR on FFPE sections
Kouloura, 2018 [40] 0/201 (0%) // E1-based PCR on TMA
Malekpour Afshar, 2018 [41] 8/98 (8%) HPV16 (5/8), HPV18 (5/8), HPV31 (3/8), HPV33 (3/8) rtPCR on FFPE
Bakhtiyrizadeh, 2017 [42] 0/150 (0%) // PCR on FFPE
Delgado-García, 2017 [43] 130/251 (52%) // PCR on FFPE sections
Islam, 2017 [44] 174/272 (64%) HPV16 (120/174), HPV18 (61/174) and HPV33 (5/174). PCR and IHC on fresh tissue
Naushad, 2017 [45] 45/250 (18%) PCR on FFPE sections
Salman, 2017 [46] 35/74 (47%) HPV39 (13/35), HPV18 (8/35), HPV45 (8/35), HPV16 (7/35), HPV35 (7/35), HPV59 (7/35). type-specific PCR on fresh tissue
Wang, 2017 [47] 14/81 (17%) // hybrid capture 2 on fresh tissue
Wang, 2017 [48] 14/50 (28%) HPV16 (14/14) qRT-PCR on FFPE
Doosti, 2016 [49] 20/87 (23%) HPV6 (9/20), HPV16 (7/20), HPV18 (3/20), HPV11 (1/20). Nested-PCR on FFPE
Ilahi, 2016 [50] 8/46 (17%) HPV16 (8/8) PCR on FFPE sections
Yan, 2016 [51] 23/76 (30%) HPV18 (23/23) Dual-PCR
Wang, 2016 [52] 52/146 (36%) ISH on FFPE sections
Li, 2015 [53] 3/187 (2%) HPV6 (1/3), HPV18 (1/3), HPV16 (1/3). PCR on FFPE
Fimereli, 2015 [54] 2/58 (3%) with PCR
0/58 (0%) with transcriptome
HPV16 (1/2), HPV-HR (1/2) RNA sequencing, exome sequencing PCR and IHC on CPT and FFPE sections
Fu, 2015 [55] 25/169 (15%) with PCR
17/169 (10%) with ISH
HPV58 (25/25) PCR and ISH on FFPE
Gannon, 2015 [56] 13/80 (16%) Nested-PCR on CPT and RNA sequencing
Salehpour, 2015 [57] 54/206 (26%) HPV11 (19/54), HPV6 (5/54), HPVX (48/54). PCR on FFPE sections
Vernet-Tomas, 2015 [58] 0/76 (0%) // PCR on FFPE sections
Ahangar-Oskouee, 2014 [59] 22/65 (34%) HPV6 (17/22), HPV11 (1/22), HPV16 (1/22), HPV35 (1/22), HPV52 (1/22). Nested-PCR on FFPE
Ali, 2014 [60] 60/129 (47%) HPV31 (39/129), HPV18 (35/129), HPV16 (33/129), HPV33 (16/129). ISH on FFPE sections
Corbex, 2014 [61] 15/123 (12%) HPV16 (8/15), HPV31 (3/15), HPV22 (2/15). PCR on FFPE sections
Manzouri, 2014 [62] 10/55 (18%) HPV12 (2/10), HPV11 (2/10), HPV8 (1/10), HPV33 (1/10), HPV35 (1/10), HPV45 (1/10), HPV55 (1/10). PCR on FFPE sections
Peng, 2014 [63] 2/100 (2%) HPV18 (2/2) Multiplex PCR detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption
ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry on CPT
Piana, 2014 [64] 6/80 (8%) HPV16 (28.6%), HPV31 (14.3%), HPV45 (14.3%), HPV52 (14.3%), HPV6 (14.3%), HPV66 (14.3%) PCR on FFPE sections
Herrera-Goepfert, 2013 [65] 8/20 (40%) HPV16 (7/8), HPV18 (1/8). PCR on FFPE sections
Hossein, 2013 [66] 52/150 (35%) HPV16 (21/52), HPV18 (15/52), HPV11 (8/52), HPV31 (4/52), HPV33 (2/52), HPV35 (2/52). PCR on FFPE sections
Lieng, 2013 [67] 48/224 (21%) // hybrid capture 2 assay
Pereira Suarez, 2013 [68] 16/61 (26%) HPV11 (4/16), HPV16 (3/16), HPV13 (1/16). PCR on fresh tissue
Baltzell, 2012 [69] 2/70 (3%) with IS-PCR
4/70 (6%) with ISH
// ISH and IS-PCR on FFPE sections
Chang, 2012 [70] 0/48 (0%) // FQ-PCR and ISH on FFPE sections
Frega, 2012 [20] 9/31 (29%) HPV16 (44%), HPV6 (22%). //
Glenn, 2012 [17] 25/50 (50%) with liquid PCR
10/27 (37%) with IS-PCR
HPV18 (25/25) Liquid PCR on CPT, IS-PCR on FFPE sections
Herrera-Romano, 2012 [71] 0/118 (0%) // PCR on FFPE microdissected FFPE sections
Sigaroodi, 2012 [72] 15/79 (26%) HPV18 (4/15), HPV16 (4/15), HPV6 (2/15), HPV23 (2/15) HPV124 (1/15), HPV15 (1/15), HPV11 (1/15). PCR on FFPE sections
Aguayo, 2011 [73] 4/46 (9%) HPV16 (4/4) RT-PCR on FFPE sections
Antonsson, 2011 [74] 27/54 (50%) HPV18 (27/27) PCR on CPT and ISH on FFPE
Ghaffari, 2011 [75] 30% (out of 67; exact number not provided) HPV16 (15%). HPV11/16 (12%), HPV31/33 (3%). Exact number not provided PCR on CPT
Hedau, 2011 [76] 0/228 (0%) // qRT-PCR on CPT
Mou, 2011 [77] 4/62 (7%) HPV16 (3/4), HPV18 (1/4) PCR on CPT
Silva, 2011 [78] 0/79 (0%) // PCR on FFPE sections
Hachana, 2010 [79] 0/123 (0%) // PCR and ISH on FFPE sections
Yavuzer, 2010 [80] 0/84 (0%) // Nested-PCR on FFPE sections
De León, 2009 [81] 15/51 (29%) HPV16 (11/15), HPV18 (4/15). PCR on FFPE sections
He, 2009 [82] 24/40 (60%) HPV16 (24/24). PCR on CPT
Heng, 2009 [16] 8/26 (31%) HPV18 (7/8), HPV16 (1/8). IS-PCR on FFPE
Mendizabal-Ruiz, 2009 [83] 3/67 (4%) HPV31 (2/3), HPV6 (1/3), HPV16 (1/3), HPV35 (1/3), HPV18 (1/3) PCR on FFPE
Akil, 2008 [10] 69/113 (61%) HPV33 (63/69), HPV35 (42/69), HPV18 (11/69), HPV16 (10/69), HPV31 (8/69) PCR on FFPE TMA
de Cremoux, 2008 [84] 0/50 (0%) // PCR on unspecified material
Duò, 2008 [85] 2/52 (4%) HPV66, HPVX PCR on FFPE sections
Khan, 2008 [86] 26/124 (21%) HPV16 (24/26), HPV6 in (12/26), HPV18 (3/26), HPV51 (2/26), HPV33 (1/26). qRT-PCR on FFPE

RT-PCR, real-time PCR; CPT, cryopreserved tissue; //, data not available; FFPE, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded; TMA, tissue microarray; CISH, chromogenic in situ hybridization; IS-PCR, in situ PCR; qRT-PCR, quantitative real-time PCR; ISH, in situ hybridization; IHC, immunohistochemistry; FQ-PCR, fluorescence quantitative PCR.