Distinct Risk Factor Profiles for Human Papillomavirus Type 16–Positive and Human Papillomavirus Type 16–Negative Head and Neck Cancers

Maura L. Gillison; Gypsyamber D’Souza; William H. Westra; Elizabeth A. Sugar; Weihong Xiao; Shahnaz Begum; Raphael P. Viscidi

doi:10.1093/jnci/djn025

Abstract

HPV-16-positive HNSCCs and HPV-16-negative HNSCCs have different risk factor profiles, indicating that they should be considered to be distinct cancers.

Keywords

MedicineOncologyInternal medicineOdds ratioRisk factorHead and neck squamous-cell carcinomaLogistic regressionHuman papillomavirusCase-control studyCancerHPV infectionHead and neck cancerCervical cancer

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 100
Issue: 6
Pages: 407-420
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                                    Maura L. Gillison, 
                                
                                    Gypsyamber D’Souza, 
                                
                                    William H. Westra
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Distinct Risk Factor Profiles for Human Papillomavirus Type 16–Positive and Human Papillomavirus Type 16–Negative Head and Neck Cancers. 
                            JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
                            , 100
                            (6)
                            , 407-420.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djn025
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn025