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Transcriptionally Active Human Papillomavirus Infection in a Minority of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomas in North America.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Jul 2024
Bauer Anna H, Alkhateeb Khaled J, Agoston Agoston T, Odze Robert D, Joshi Megha G, Huffman Brandon M, Enzinger Peter, Perez Kimberly, Deshpande Vikram, Cleary James M, Wee Jon O, Dong Fei, Zhao Lei
Abstract excerpt
The role of Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a topic of ongoing debate. This study used two screening approaches to look for evidence of HPV infection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. We initially checked for HPV infection in a randomly selected group of 53 ESCC cases. We did not detect any tumors positive for high-risk HPV. However, during clinical...
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