HPV Specific Testing: A Requirement for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 83-90

  Robinson, Max ^a,b   Schache, Andrew ^c,d   Sloan, Philip ^a,b   Thavaraj, Selvam ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human papillomavirus; Molecular diagnosis; Oropharynx; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864115182     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-012-0370-7     Document Type: Review

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