Devasena Anantharaman, Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani, Daniel C Beachler, Tarik Gheit, Andrew F Olshan, Kathy Wisniewski, Victor Wunsch-Filho, Tatiana N Toporcov, Eloiza H Tajara, José Eduardo Levi, Raquel A Moyses, Stefania Boccia, Gabriella Cadoni, Guido Rindi, Wolfgang Ahrens, Franco Merletti, David I Conway, Sylvia Wright, Christine Carreira, Helene Renard, Priscilia Chopard, Sandrine McKay-Chopin, Ghislaine Scelo, Massimo Tommasino, Paul Brennan, Gypsyamber D'Souza
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), although strongly divergent results have been reported regarding the prevalence of HPV16 in different countries, whether this represents important differences in etiology remains unclear. Applying rigorous protocols for sample processing, we centrally evaluated 1,420 head and neck tumors (533 oropharynx, 395 oral cavity and 482 larynx) from studies conducted in the US, Europe and Brazil for mucosal HPV DNA and p16INK4a expression to evaluate regional heterogeneity in the proportion of HPV16-associated OPSCC and other head and neck cancer, and to assess covariates associated with the risk of HPV16-positive OPSCC...
May 1, 2017: International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer