Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: This cohort comprised 1,093 HNSCC cases recruited from 1998 to 2008 in four Brazilian cities and followed up until June 2009. HPV16 antibodies were analyzed by multiplex Luminex assay. In a subset of 398 fresh frozen or paraffin blocks of HNSCC specimens, we analyzed for HPV16 DNA by L1 generic primer polymerase chain reaction. HNSCC survival according to HPV16 antibodies was evaluated through Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Rossana Verónica Mendoza López, José Eduardo Levi, José Eluf-Neto, Rosalina Jorge Koifman, Sergio Koifman, Maria Paula Curado, Pedro Michaluart-Junior, David Livingstone Alves Figueiredo, Fabiano Pinto Saggioro, Marcos Brasilino de Carvalho, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Márcio Abrahão, Francisco de Góis-Filho, Eloiza Helena Tajara, Tim Waterboer, Paolo Boffetta, Paul Brennan, Victor Wünsch-Filho |
Journal | Cancer causes & control : CCC
(Cancer Causes Control)
Vol. 25
Issue 4
Pg. 461-71
(Apr 2014)
ISSN: 1573-7225 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 24474236
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Brazil
(epidemiology)
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
(mortality, virology)
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
(mortality, virology)
- Human papillomavirus 16
(isolation & purification)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Papillomavirus Infections
(mortality, virology)
- Prevalence
- Prognosis
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
- Survival Analysis
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