Loretta Fiorina, Mattia Ricotti, Alessandro Vanoli, Ombretta Luinetti, Elena Dallera, Roberta Riboni, Stefania Paolucci, Silvia Brugnatelli, Marco Paulli, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Fausto Baldanti, Vittorio Perfetti
BACKGROUND: Environmental factors may play a role in colon cancer. In this view, several studies investigated tumor samples for the presence of various viral DNA with conflicting results. FINDINGS: We undertook a systematic DNA analysis of 44 consecutive, prospectively collected primary tumor samples by real time and qualitative PCR for viruses of known or potential oncogenic role in humans, including polyomavirus (JCV, BKV, Merkel cell polyomavirus), HPV, HTLV, HHV-8 and EBV...
2014: Infectious Agents and Cancer