HPV Involvement in Head and Neck Cancers: Comprehensive Assessment of Biomarkers in 3680 Patients

Xavier Castellsagué1, Laia Alemany1, Miquel Quer1

  • 1Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain (XC, LAle, BQ, ST, OC, MM, IGB, SdS, FXB); CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain (XC, LAle, SdS); Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain (MQ, XL); German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (GHale, DH, MPa); Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Spain (LAlò); Department of Pathology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany (TB); Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Warsaw Medical University, Czerniakowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland (TS); Hospital General de l'Hospitalet, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain (MA); Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia (ECa, NM); Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (ECa); Insituto Oncológico del Oriente Boliviano (IOOB), Laboratorio Privado de Patología Oncos, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (ECl); Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK (GHall); The Fingerland Department of Pathology, Charles University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (JL); University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia (MPo); Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy (MB); Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay (EK); Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (HMe); Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada (CN); DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Rijswijk, the Netherlands (NG, WQ); Pathology Department, Hospital del Mar IMIM, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (BL); Laboratorio Clínico y Molecular, Hospital SOLCA, Guayaquil, Ecuador (JCRC); Hospital de Oncología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS Mexico, D.F., Mexico (IAC); Yeouido St. Mary's

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