Human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: What the clinician should know

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-416

  Genden, Eric M ^a   Sambur, Ian M ^a   De Almeida, John R ^a   Posner, Marshall ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Rodrigo, Juan P ^c,d   Strojan, Primož ^e   Takes, Robert P ^f   Ferlito, Alfio ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detection; Human papillomavirus; Oropharyngeal cancer; Screening; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN P53; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MICROSURGERY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ORAL SEX; ORAL SURGERY; OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; TONSIL CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VACCINATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WART VIRUS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMANS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84877946786     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2086-4     Document Type: Review

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