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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related oral squamous cell carcinoma in Okinawa, a subtropical island, in southern Japan--simultaneously infected with human papillomavirus (HPV).
Oral oncology - 1 Jun 2003
Higa Mayumi, Kinjo Takao, Kamiyama Kazuya, Chinen Katsuni, Iwamasa Teruo, Arasaki Akira, Sunakawa Hajime
Abstract excerpt
Up to now, many authors have reported on the EBV infection and its carcinogenic importance in undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (WHO classification, type III), but the infection of the virus in well differentiated oral squamous cell carcinoma has not been well described. We introduce the EBV-related well differentiated oral squamous cell carcinomas in Okinawa, a subtropical island in the southernmost part...
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