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Human papillomavirus genotype distribution in head and neck cancer: Informing developing strategies for cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and surveillance.
Oral oncology - 1 Feb 2021
Mashiana S S, Navale P, Khandakar B, Sobotka S, Posner M R, Miles B A, Zhang W, Gitman M, Bakst R L, Genden E M, Westra W H
Abstract excerpt
Current clinical practice algorithms for HPV testing make no effort to discern the impact of genotypes for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC). Data was collected for all patients with HNSCs that had undergone HPV testing at an academic hospital as part of clinical care (2012-2019). Screening was performed using real-time PCR targeting L1 of low and high-risk HPV types, followed by...
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