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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 15 (3), 1453-1457
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Abstract
Background: The association of colorectal cancer with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a controversial issue in cancer research. This study aimed to identify the HCMV virus in colorectal cancer tissues and to investigate the association of HCMV with colorectal cancer. In this study, 50 cancer tissue samples and 50 samples without colon cancer were studied in order to identify the HCMV virus through nested-polymerase chain reaction. The YLUXVZDVLGHQWLÀHGLQFDVHVRIFRORUHFWDOFDQFHUWLVVXHVDQGLQFDVHVRIQRUPDOWLVVXHV(LJKW
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