West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 1513-7368 12 3 2011 03 01 Human Papillomavirus Testing for Suspected Cervical Cancer Patients from Southern Assam by Fast-PCR 749 751 25602 EN Journal Article 1970 01 01 World-wide epidemiological studies have shown that cancer of the uterine cervix is the second most commonmalignant disease in women. Virtually every cervical cancer (99.7%) is HPV-positive, indicating that the presenceof HPV is an obligatory element in their development. The present study was conducted by Fast-PCR (within 15min.) based diagnosis of HPV 16 and HPV 18 infection amongst patients of suspected cervical cancer, confirmedby cytological methods. Twelve women, out of a total of fifty studied cases who had positive cervical pap smears(24%) were found to be positive for HPV 16/HPV 18 infection when PCR based technique was applied. Theresults indicate, perhaps, a greater specificity of PCR based diagnosis, or presence of other HPV subtypes asetiological factors in the present study group confined to Southern Assam. https://journal.waocp.org/article_25602_ee43b813ced3498d65af634a0fc47a0b.pdf