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Molecular etiology of second primary tumors in contralateral tonsils of human papillomavirus-associated index tonsillar carcinomas.
Oral oncology - 1 Mar 2013
Joseph Andrew W, Ogawa Takenori, Bishop Justin A, Lyford-Pike Sofia, Chang Xiaofei, Phelps Timothy H, Westra William H, Pai Sara I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: For patients with tobacco-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the occurrence of a second primary tumor (SPT) is an ominous development that is attributed to a field cancerization effect and portends a poor clinical outcome. The goal of this study was to determine whether patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related index tonsillar carcinomas can also develop SPTs in the...
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