Abstract
Since more than 5 years, it becomes evident that there is a new group of patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck area, namely human papillomavirus (HPV)-related (caused) tumors. As clinical statistics indicate, those patients have better prognosis, even despite more advanced stage compared to those with HPV-negative tumors. In fact, as a surrogate of HPV infection for clinical studies, an immunohistochemical expression of p16 protein is used. In the following chapter, the spectrum of squamous cell carcinomas variants with indication of the percentage cases with proved HPV infection will be presented.
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Marszałek, A., Szylberg, Ł. (2017). HPV-Related Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. In: Golusiński, W., Leemans, C., Dietz, A. (eds) HPV Infection in Head and Neck Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 206. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43580-0_6
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