Human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer in India: Current status and consensus recommendations

• Published in: South Asian Journal of Cancer Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 093 - 098
• Main Authors: Murthy, Vedang, Calcuttawala, Adnan, Chadha, Kirti, d’Cruz, Anil, Krishnamurthy, Arvind, Mallick, Indranil, Nair, Sudhir, Teni, Tanuja, Pawar, Sagar, Talapatra, Kaustav, Patil, Asawari, Bhatt, Amit, Chatterjee, Sanjoy, Swain, Monali, Narayanan, Prasad, Ghadyalpatil, Nikhil, Singhal, Manish, Kuriakose, Moni, Prabhash, Kumar, Agarwal, Jaiprakash, Parikh, Purvish
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: A-12, 2nd Floor, Sector 2, Noida-201301 UP, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2017; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Consensus recommendations; Development and progression; Head and neck cancer; head and neck squamous cell cancers; human papillomavirus; India; Papillomavirus infections; Review; Review Article; Squamous cell carcinoma; India; head and neck squamous cell cancers; Consensus recommendations; human papillomavirus; India

Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) associated head and neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCC) have become increasingly common in the West, but the same cannot be said about India. These cancers have a different biology and confer a better prognosis, however, its current role in the management of patien...