Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Oropharyngeal Cancer before Vaccine Introduction, United States

We conducted a study to determine prevalence of HPV types in oropharyngeal cancers in the United States and establish a prevaccine baseline for monitoring the impact of vaccination. HPV DNA was extracted from tumor tissue samples from patients in whom cancer was diagnosed during 1995–2005. The sampl...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Martin Steinau, Mona Saraiya, Marc T. Goodman, Edward S. Peters, Meg Watson, Jennifer L. Cleveland, Charles F. Lynch, Edward J. Wilkinson, Brenda Y. Hernandez, Glen Copeland, Maria S. Saber, Claudia Hopenhayn, Youjie Huang, Wendy Cozen, Christopher Lyu, Elizabeth R. Unger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-05-01
Subjects:	oropharynx oropharyngeal cancer HPV typing human papillomavirus archived tissue
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/5/13-1311_article