Patent ID: 7267961

Claim:
A method for detecting or diagnosing cancer or cellular abnormalities, said method comprising the steps of: reacting a sample of body fluid or tissue likely to contain antibodies with a protein sequence or peptide isolated from the E7 early coding region of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 as set forth in SEQ. ID. NO.: 6; forming an antibody-peptide complex comprising the isolated protein sequence or peptide and said sample antibodies; and detecting said antibody-peptide complex, wherein detecting the antibody-peptide complex indicates cancer or cellular abnormality, wherein said cellular abnormalities are selected from the group consisting of dysplasias, koilocytosis, hyperkeratosis, precancerous conditions, intraepithelial neoplasias, intraepithelial lesions, high-grade dysplasias, invasive cancers, malignant cancers, premalignant cells, and precancerous cells.