Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection leads to the development of head and neck lesions but offers better prognosis in malignant Indian patients

• Published in: Medical microbiology and immunology Vol. 206; no. 3; pp. 267 - 276
• Main Authors: Sarkar, Shreya, Alam, Neyaz, Chakraborty, Jayanta, Biswas, Jaydip, Mandal, Syam Sundar, Roychoudhury, Susanta, Panda, Chinmay Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - etiology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology; Humans; Immunology; India - epidemiology; Male; Medical Microbiology; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Original Investigation; Papillomaviridae - classification; Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification; Papillomavirus Infections - complications; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Prevalence; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Survival Analysis; Virology; Human papilloma virus; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Prognostic marker

Head and neck cancers constitute a multifactorial global disease burden and are associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) as a possible risk factor. The aim of the study is to understand the relationship between HPV and the development of head and neck lesions in Indian patients. To this end, freq...