Detection of human papillomavirus in cervical lymph nodes: a highly effective strategy for localizing site of tumor origin.

Shahnaz Begum; Maura L. Gillison; M. Ali Ansari‐Lari; Keerti V. Shah; William H. Westra

Abstract

For patients with metastatic HNSCC, detection of HPV-16 is a reliable way to establish origin from the oropharynx, either directly by ISH or indirectly by immunohistochemistry for p16 overexpression.

Keywords

ImmunohistochemistryLymph nodeHead and neck squamous-cell carcinomaMedicineIn situ hybridizationPathologyLymphHuman papillomavirusPrimary tumorOncologyCancer researchCancerMetastasisInternal medicineHead and neck cancerBiologyGene expressionGene

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Johns Hopkins University US

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 9
Issue: 17
Pages: 6469-75
Citations: 311
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                                    Shahnaz Begum, 
                                
                                    Maura L. Gillison, 
                                
                                    M. Ali Ansari‐Lari
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Detection of human papillomavirus in cervical lymph nodes: a highly effective strategy for localizing site of tumor origin.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 9
                            (17)
                            , 6469-75.