HPV-driven oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer in Croatia - Demography and survival.

OBJECTIVES:Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common malignancy worldwide. Main HNSCC risk factors are tobacco, alcohol, and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV+ oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OPSCC) usually have different etiology, increasing incidence and of...

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Main Authors: Ksenija Božinović, Ivan Sabol, Zoran Rakušić, Antonia Jakovčević, Mario Šekerija, Juraj Lukinović, Drago Prgomet, Magdalena Grce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211577