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Prognostic value of human papillomavirus in the survival of head and neck cancer patients: An overview of the evidence
1 Nov 2005
Abstract excerpt
Despite improvements over the last decade, survival rates for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remain around 50% and variable. Recently, a subset of HNSCC has been shown to contain human papillomavirus (HPV) and the presence of HPV in tumors constitutes a prognostic marker of disease. HPV-DNA in these tumors (overwhelmingly genotype 16, a high-risk type also found in cervical cancer) is present at...
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