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Oral HPV Infection More Prevalent in Men Than Women
Oral HPV Infection More Prevalent in Men Than Women
H Splete
20120025
2012 Jan 25
Elsevier Global Medical News
Oral HPV Infection More Prevalent in Men Than Women
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2012 Jan 25, H Splete
The prevalence of oral human papillomavirus is nearly three times higher in men than in women, according to data from more than 5,000 individuals in the United States.The findings were simultaneously published online in JAMA and presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix on Jan. 26 (JAMA 2012;307: [doi: 10.1001/jama.2012/101]).Oral HPV infection causes a subset of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) that has increased in several countries, including the...