Increased viral load correlates with improved survival in HPV-16-associated tonsil carcinoma patients

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-589

  Cohen, Marc A ^a   Basha, Suzanne R ^a   Reichenbach, Dawn K ^a   Robertson, Erle ^a   Sewell, Duane A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HPV 16; Tonsil carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 42249111877     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701558880     Document Type: Article

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