Presence of Streptococcus infection in extra-oropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its implication in carcinogenesis

Oncology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-248

  Shiga, Kiyoto ^a  

^a Miyagi Cancer Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gram's stain; Head and neck carcinoma; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CANCER STAGING; EAR TUMOR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TUMOR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR CANAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035293402     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.8.2.245     Document Type: Article

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