Prevalence and types of high-risk human papillomaviruses in head and neck cancers from Bangladesh

Prevalence and types of high-risk human papillomaviruses in head and neck cancers from Bangladesh

Abstract Background There is a dramatic rise in the incidence of Human papillomavirus (HPV) – associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in the world, with considerable variation by geography, gender and ethnicity. Little is known about the situation in Bangladesh, where tobacco- and a...

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Main Authors: Mushfiq H. Shaikh, Aminul I. Khan, Anwar Sadat, Ahmed H. Chowdhury, Shahed A. Jinnah, Vinod Gopalan, Alfred K. Lam, Daniel T. W. Clarke, Nigel A. J. McMillan, Newell W. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
South Asia
Bangladesh
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3789-0

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