The economic burden of human papillomavirus-related precancers and cancers in Sweden.

BACKGROUND:High-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is an established cause of malignant disease. We used a societal perspective to estimate the cost of HR HPV-related cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal, and penile precancer and cancer, and oropharyngeal cancer in Sweden in 2006, 1 year befo...

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Main Authors: Ellinor Östensson, Maria Silfverschiöld, Lennart Greiff, Christine Asciutto, Johan Wennerberg, Marie-Louise Lydrup, Ulf Håkansson, Pär Sparén, Christer Borgfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5484479?pdf=render