Detection of HPV infection in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A practical proposal

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 462, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-389

  Dreyer, Johannes H ^a   Hauck, Franziska ^b   Oliveira Silva, Michelle ^c,d   Barros, Mario Henrique M ^a   Niedobitek, Gerald ^a,b  

^a Institute for Pathology   (Germany)

^b SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HPV; In situ hybridisation; p16; PCR; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P16; RIBONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TEST; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 33; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 35; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 56; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNASCOPE; TUMOR CELL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE;

EID: 84876466222     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1393-5     Document Type: Article

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