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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(4):257-258; doi:10.1093/jnci/96.4.257
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Accidental Passengers or Perpetrators? Current Virus–Cancer Research

Vicki Brower

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Research into possible new links between cancer and viruses continues, with scientists accruing new data on a number of fronts. The question is, when viruses are found in cancer cells, does their presence signify causation, or are they just "accidental" passengers?

Head and Neck Cancer

The first published evidence for a likely association between head and neck cancers and human papillomaviruses (HPVs) came only 3 years ago, although HPV type 16 (HPV16) had been a suspect in these cancers since 1983. About 20% of all head and neck cancers are HPV-positive (the most common types are 16, 18, 31 and 33), said Maura Gillison, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.

A recent study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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