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Prevalence of human papillomavirus in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas in northern Spain.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Feb 2015
Rodrigo Juan P, Hermsen Mario A, Fresno Manuel F, Brakenhoff Ruud H, García-Velasco Fabian, Snijders Peter J F, Heideman Daniëlle A M, García-Pedrero Juana M
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies support a role for human papillomavirus (HPV) in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs); however, the significance of HPV in non-oropharyngeal head and neck cancers is uncertain. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HPV in a large cohort of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal SCCs in northern Spain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical records and paraffin-embedded tumor...
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