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Human papillomavirus infections in laryngeal cancer.
Head & neck - 1 Apr 2011
Torrente Mariela C, Rodrigo Juan P, Haigentz Missak, Dikkers Frederik G, Rinaldo Alessandra, Takes Robert P, Olofsson Jan, Ferlito Alfio
Abstract excerpt
Although the association and clinical significance of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections with a subset of head and neck cancers, particularly for oropharyngeal carcinoma, has recently been well documented, the involvement of HPV in laryngeal cancer has been inadequately evaluated. Herein we review the currently known associations of HPV infections in diseases of the larynx and their potential for oncogenicity....
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