P2.10-01 Analysis of Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) and Human Polyoma Viruses (HPyV) in Lung Cancer from Swedish Never-Smokers

A possible role for oncogenic infections in the etiology of lung cancer has been investigated in a large number of studies, with contradictory results. High-risk mucosal human papillomaviruses (HPV), recognized as being associated with cervical cancer and oropharyngeal cancer, has been suggested as a causative factor also in lung cancer [1,2], whereas other studies found no, or at most very limited, involvement of HPV in lung cancer [3,4]. To...