Table 5.
List of studies that did not detect HPV DNA sequences in breast cancer tissues
| S. No | Study report | Sample size |
Total HPV positivity n (%) |
HPV16 n (%) |
HPV18 n (%) |
HPV16/18 n (%) |
Other HPV types n (%) |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrede et al., 1992 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UK |
| 2 | Bratthauer et al., 1992 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | USA* |
| 3. | Gopalkrishna et al., 1996 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | India |
| 4. | Czerwenka et al., 1996 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Austria* |
| 5. | Lindel et al., 2007 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Switzerland |
| 6. | de Cremoux et al., 2008 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | France |
| 7. | Hedau et al. (Present study) | 252* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | India |
* Country with both positive and negative results.