A comparison of clinically utilized human papillomavirus detection methods in head and neck cancer

Detection of human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer has therapeutic implications. In-situ hybridization and immuno-histochemistry for p16 are used by surgical pathologists. We compared the sensitivity and specificity of three popular commercial tests for human papillomavirus detection in head...

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Main Authors: Schlecht, Nicolas F., Brandwein-Gensler, Margaret, Nuovo, Gerard J., Li, Maomi, Dunne, Anne, Kawachi, Nicole, Smith, Richard V., Burk, Robert D., Prystowsky, Michael B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157570/