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. 2010 Mar 26;10:117. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-117

Table 1.

Location of the tumors throughout the colon in correlation to the presence of HPV.

HPV positivity n % % total
Proximal caecum 6 18.2 39.4
hepatic flexture 3 9.1
colon ascendens 1 3.0
right hemicolon 3 9.1
Distal rectosigmoid 4 12.1 30.3
sigmoid 5 15.2
colon descendens/sigmoid 1 3.0
Rectum 10 30.3 30.3

N = number of HPV positive samples, % = percentage of HPV positive samples per location separately, total %: percentage of HPV positive samples in proximal, distal and rectal tumors.