Detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in clinical samples: Evolving methods and strategies for the accurate determination of HPV status of head and neck carcinomas

Oral Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 771-779

  Westra, William H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervista HPV HR test; cobas HPV test; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) HPV DNA Test; In situ hybridization; Oropharyngeal carcinoma; p16 immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN P16; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84905901340     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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