No association between HPV-status in tonsillar tissue and sexual behavior of the patients in a northern German population - Critical view of the link between HPV natural history and HPV-driven carcinogenesis

HPV-infection in patients with HNSCC is reportedly correlated with sexual behavior, age, and tobacco/alcohol-consumption. HPV-infections of the oral cavity are regarded as sexually transmitted. Comparable data of patient populations outside the U.S. are sparse or missing.Questionnaires regarding sex...

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Main Authors: Elgar Susanne Quabius, Asita Fazel, Christopher Knieling, Stephan Gebhardt, Martin Laudien, Crystal Moore, André Kühnel, Florian Hoppe, Robert Mlynski, Alessa Heinrichs, Alexander Fabian, Markus Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Papillomavirus Research
Subjects:
HPV
STD
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405852120300173