Oropharyngeal cancer, race, and the human papillomavirus

Cancer Prevention Research

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 769-772

  Brawley, Otis W ^a,b,c  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; MORTALITY; NOTE; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOGENICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70449698524     PISSN: 19406207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0150     Document Type: Review

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