A shifting paradigm in the aetiology of oral and pharyngeal cancer in Sri Lanka: a case-control study providing serologic evidence for the role of oncogenic HPV types 16 and 18

BACKGROUND: Oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) of multifactorial aetiology is a major health problem globally. Ranking first in all cancers, OPC poses a significant impact on the Sri Lankan male population. As Human Papillomavirus (HPV) high risk (HR) types are found to be significant risk factors for...

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Autores principales: Gunasekera, Suvanthee Kushani, Perera, Kanthi Angela, Fernando, Chandrika, Udagama, Preethi Vidya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4407420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25908938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-015-0007-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4407420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25908938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-015-0007-z

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