Childhood tonsillectomy alters the primary distribution of HPV‐related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Childhood tonsillectomy alters the primary distribution of HPV‐related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract Objectives We investigated how tonsillectomy during childhood may influence the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) positive cancer of the tonsils in adult life using p16 as a surrogate marker for HPV infection. Study Design Retrospective observational study. Methods A total of 280 p...

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Main Authors: Brannon Altenhofen, Todd A. DeWees, Ji W. Ahn, Nai C. Yeat, Shreya Goddu, Ishita Chen, James S. Lewis Jr, Wade L. Thorstad, Richard A. Chole, Hiram A. Gay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Subjects:
human papillomavirus (HPV)
p16
tonsil cancer
tonsillectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.342

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