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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 9, 680-681, May 3, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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HPV in Oropharyngeal Cancers: New Data Inspire Hope for Vaccines

Caroline McNeil

The hunt for human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer is getting close enough to its quarry to inspire visions of clinical benefit.

At Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, where Maura Gillison, M.D., and colleagues report finding a likely causal association between HPV and oropharyngeal cancers (see p. 709), plans are under way to test HPV treatment vaccines in patients with these tumors. The trial could begin in about a year, said Johns Hopkins immunologist Drew Pardol, M.D.

Several HPV treatment vaccines are in trials for cervical cancer around the world, but this is likely to be the first in head and neck patients.

Fueling hope for the vaccines are indications in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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