Table 3.
HR-HPV subtypes and viral load in Egyptian women with BC.a
| Histopathology | HR-HPV subtypes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 16 | Viral load (range)b | Type 18 | Viral load (range)b | |
| Carcinoma in situ | 1 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Invasive ductal carcinoma | 8 | 9.74 (0.9-30) | 1 | 237.8 |
| Metaplastic carcinoma | 3 | 16.8 (6-35) | 1 | 0.3 |
| Invasive lobular carcinoma | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Mammary carcinoma | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Total | 14c | 2c | ||
Abbreviations: BC, breast cancer; HR-HPV, high-risk human papilloma virus.
a
HR-HPV was detected in 16 of 72 (22.2%) BC patients.
b
HR-HPV viral load is measured as mean number of viral copies per uL and range in between parenthesis.
c
The prevalence of HR-HPV genotypes was 14 of 16 (87.5%), 2 of 16 (12.5%), and 0 of 16 (0%) for genotypes 16 and 18, respectively.