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==Association with Cancer==
 
Although some papillomavirus types can cause cancer in the epithelial tissues they inhabit, cancer is not a typical outcome of infection. The development of papillomavirus-induced cancers typically occurs over the course of many years. Papiloma viruses have been associated with the development of cervical cancer, penile cancer<ref name=Do2012>Do HT, Koriyama C, Khan NA, Higashi M, Kato T, Le NT, Matsushita S, Kanekura T, Akiba S (2013) The etiologic role of human papillomavirus in penile cancers: a study in Vietnam. Br J Cancer doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.583</ref> and oral cancers.<ref name=Gogilashvili2012>Gogilashvili K, Shonia N, Burkadze G (2012) The role of human papillomavirus in oral squamous cell carcinoma (review). Georgian Med News (213):32-36</ref>
 
==Laboratory study==