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Thyroid/H&N Cancers

JANUARY 22, 2016

Oral HPV 16 Greatly Increases Risk for Head and Neck Cancer

 
When HPV type 16 is detected in the oral cavity, patients are 22 times more likely to develop oropharyngeal cancers than those without HPV 16, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City (JAMA Oncol 2016 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print]).
 
HPV 16 is a well-known cause of head and neck cancers. A rising proportion of these cancers are squamous cell oropharyngeal cancers. This study is the first to demonstrate conclusively that