Oral sex and oropharyngeal cancer: The role of the primary care physicians

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 28, 2016, Pages

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Nguyen, Ly M ^b   Thomas, Sroka ^c   Hong Ly, Bevan ^d   Chi, Alexander ^e   Vos, Paul ^f   Karlsson, Ulf ^g   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^h  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^h University Hospital of Martinique   (France)

Author keywords

HPV 16; oral sex; oropharyngeal cancer; prevention

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; INFECTION PREVENTION; ORAL SEX; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84980044750     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004228     Document Type: Article

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