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Concordance of oral HPV prevalence between patients with oropharyngeal cancer and their partners

BACKGROUND: Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a known causative factor in oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OPC). In this prospective study, we sought to define the risk of HPV transmission between OPC patients and their sexual partners by performing HPV genotyping on oral cytology brushings. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Tsao, Anne S., Papadimitrakopoulou, Vassiliki, Lin, Heather, Guo, Ming, Lee, J. Jack, Holsinger, F. Christopher, Hong, Waun Ki, Sturgis, Erich M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27123042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0066-9