Incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) positive tonsillar carcinoma in Stockholm, Sweden: An epidemic of viral-induced carcinoma?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 362-366

  Näsman, Anders ^a   Attner, Per ^a   Hammarstedt, Lalle ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Eriksson, Mathilda ^a   Giraud, Geraldine ^a   Ährlund Richter, Sofie ^a   Marklund, Linda ^a   Romanitan, Mircea ^a   Lindquist, David ^a   Ramqvist, Torbjörn ^a   Lindholm, Johan ^a   Sparén, Pär ^b   Ye, Weimin ^b   Dahlstrand, Hanna ^a   Munck Wikland, Eva ^a   Dalianis, Tina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HPV; Oropharyngeal cancer; Tonsillar cancer

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN E6; PROTEIN E7; VIRUS DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; TONSIL TUMOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67449090374     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24339     Document Type: Article

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