Sex differences in patients with high risk HPV-associated and HPV negative oropharyngeal and oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas

Sex differences in patients with high risk HPV-associated and HPV negative oropharyngeal and oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas

Abstract Background Human papilloma virus (HPV)-associated head and neck cancer is now recognized as a distinct clinical entity from HPV-negative tumors, which are primarily associated with tobacco and alcohol exposure.Little is known, however, about the behavior of HPV-associated oropharynx (OP) an...

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Main Authors: Hong Li, Henry S. Park, Heather A. Osborn, Benjamin L. Judson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-06-01
Series:Cancers of the Head & Neck
Subjects:
Human papilloma virus
Sex difference
Head and neck cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer
Oral cavity cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41199-018-0031-y

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