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Genetic polymorphisms and HPV infection in oral squamous cell carcinomas.
Current opinion in virology - 1 Oct 2015
Sun Yan, Zhang Yang, Liu Limei, Song Xicheng, Li Guojun
Abstract excerpt
Despite declining smoking rates in the United States, the incidence of oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC, including oral cavity and oropharynx) is rising in young adults. The reasons have been attributed to changes in sexual behaviors and the increasingly prevalent infection of oncogenic subtypes of human papillomavirus (HPV), principally type16 and occasionally type18. However, only small proportion of...
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