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Molecular analyses and prognostic relevance of HPV in head and neck tumours.
Oncology reports - 1 Apr 2007
Badaracco Gianna, Rizzo Consuelo, Mafera Barbara, Pichi Barbara, Giannarelli Diana, Rahimi Siavash S, Vigili Maurizio G, Venuti Aldo
Abstract excerpt
HPV involvement in head and neck (HN) cancer is still under active investigation. Fresh frozen and archival clinical samples from 115 patients affected by HN carcinomas were analysed by PCR-based methods and direct sequencing. HPV types, intra-type variants, physical status, viral load and viral transcript presence were determined. HPV positivity was correlated with the main clinical-pathological features,...
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