TP53 and cancer: Several groups confirmed the original finding (Makni et al, 2000; Zehbe et al, 2001), some have shown that the association between p53 Arg/Arg genotype and cancer is unrelated to HPV (Andersson et al, 2001), while others failed to find an association between p53Arg and cancer (Hamel et al, 2000; Tenti et al, 2000).