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SUBMITTER: Chuang CY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3485273 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chuang Chun-Yi CY Sung Wen-Wei WW Wang Lee L Lin Wea-Long WL Yeh Kun-Tu KT Su Mao-Chang MC Hsin Chun-Han CH Lee Shiann-Yann SY Wu Buor-Chang BC Cheng Ya-Wen YW Lee Huei H
PloS one 20121031 10
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a risk factor in a subset of oropharyngeal cancer; however, the contribution of HPV in the malignancy of oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) is not fully understood in Taiwanese. Herein, 61 patients with no risk factors and 117 patients with one or more risk factors were enrolled in this study. HPV16/18 infection rate in non-smokers, non-drinkers and non-betel quid chewers was higher than their counterparts. The development of HPV-infected cancer has been shown to ...[more]