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Prevalence of human papillomavirus in mobile tongue cancer with particular reference to young patients.
Cancer science - 1 Feb 2012
Kabeya Masayuki, Furuta Reiko, Kawabata Kazuyoshi, Takahashi Sugata, Ishikawa Yuichi
Abstract excerpt
The carcinogenetic role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in mobile tongue cancer remains unclear because of conflicting results reported in the literature. This disparity is likely to be due to variations in the samples and methods used. Furthermore, despite a tendency for increased prevalence of mobile tongue cancer in young adults, only a few reports specifically in young patients have been published. In the...
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