Quantitative Analysis of Cell-Free Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Plasma of Patients with Nonnasopharyngeal Head and Neck Carcinomas

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1726-1732

  Yu, Kwok Hung ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a   Tse, Gary M ^a   Chan, K C Allen ^a   Chan, Amy B W ^a   Chow, Katherine C K ^a   Ma, Tony K F ^b   Vlantis, Alexander C ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   Van Hasselt, C Andrew ^a   Johnson, Philip J ^c   Chan, Anthony T C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONNASOPHARYNGEAL HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; GASTRITIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 12144290957     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-0991-3     Document Type: Article

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