Human papillomavirus and oropharynx cancer: Biology, detection and clinical implications

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1756-1772

  Allen, Clint T ^a   Lewis Jr , James S ^a   El Mofty, Samir K ^a   Haughey, Bruce H ^a   Nussenbaum, Brian ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Cancer; Detection; Human papillomavirus; Oropharynx; Survival

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; VIRUS DNA;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS E7 PROTEINS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77956595357     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20936     Document Type: Review

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