Molecular markers predicting the progression and prognosis of human papillomavirus-induced cervical lesions to cervical cancer.

Introduction: Persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is linked to 99% of cervical cancer (CC) cases. HPV types 16 and 18 alone result in 75% of CC cases and thus are considered to be high-risk types (HR-HPV). CC is the third most common cancer among women globally.