Sensitive HPV detection in oropharyngeal cancers

• Main Authors: Winder, D.M., Ball, S.L.R., Vaughan, K., Hanna, N., Woo, Y.L., Franzer, Y.T., Sterling, J.C., Stanley, M.A., Sudhoff, H., Goon, P.K.C.
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12854/; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/440; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-9-440

Background Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the aetiological agents of certain benign and malignant tumours of skin and mucosae; the most important of which is cervical cancer. Also, the incidence of ano-genital warts, HPV-anal cancer and oropharyngeal cancers are rising. To help ascertain a useful...