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Identification of an atypical etiological head and neck squamous carcinoma subtype featuring the CpG island methylator phenotype.
EBioMedicine - 1 Mar 2017
Brennan K, Koenig J L, Gentles A J, Sunwoo J B, Gevaert O
Abstract excerpt
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is broadly classified into HNSCC associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, and HPV negative HNSCC, which is typically smoking-related. A subset of HPV negative HNSCCs occur in patients without smoking history, however, and these etiologically 'atypical' HNSCCs disproportionately occur in the oral cavity, and in female patients, suggesting a distinct...
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