Role of mucosal high-risk human papillomavirus types in head and neck cancers in Romania.

BACKGROUND:Limited information is available about the involvement of human papillomavirus (HPV) in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) in Romanian patients. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the HPV-attributable fraction in HNSCCs collected in Northeastern Romania. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In total, 18...

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Main Authors: Ramona Gabriela Ursu, Mihai Danciu, Irene Alexandra Spiridon, Ruediger Ridder, Susanne Rehm, Fausto Maffini, Sandrine McKay-Chopin, Christine Carreira, Eric Lucas, Victor-Vlad Costan, Eugenia Popescu, Bogdan Cobzeanu, Nicolae Ghetu, Luminita Smaranda Iancu, Massimo Tommasino, Michael Pawlita, Dana Holzinger, Tarik Gheit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6016945?pdf=render