No evidence for human papillomavirus having a causal role in salivary gland tumors

• Main Authors: Linnea Haeggblom (Author), Ramona Gabriela Ursu (Author), Leila Mirzaie (Author), Tove Attoff (Author), Caroline Gahm (Author), Lalle Hammarstedt Nordenvall (Author), Anders Näsman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Salivary gland malignancies are a very heterogeneous group of cancers, with histologically > 20 different subtypes, and prognosis varies greatly. Their etiology is unknown, however, a few small studies show presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in some subtypes, although the...