Oral sex is a risk factor for human papillomavirus-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma in husbands of women with cervical cancer

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-75

  Huang, Lee Wen ^a,b,c   Seow, Kok Min ^a,b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus; Laryngeal cancer; Oral sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 31; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77649329641     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291199     Document Type: Article

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