Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in lung cancer: A causative trigger or just a co-incidence?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-96

  Sourvinos, George ^a   Mammas, Ioannis N ^a   Derdas, Stavros ^a   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIRUS DNA;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 84871033181     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.10.014     Document Type: Letter

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