The Prevalence of Human Papilloma Virus in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Tongue

• Main Authors: Mohamad Javad Ashraf (Author), Shahla Hosseini (Author), Ahmad Monabati (Author), Behnaz Valibeigi (Author), Bijan Khademi (Author), Elham Abedi (Author), Negar Azarpira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Iranian Society of Pathology, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and objective:  Oral tongue Squamous Cell carcinoma (SCC) commonly involves males between the sixth to eighth decades of life. Major risk factors are tobacco usage and alcohol consumption. The increasing number of patients developing oral tongue cancer without these well-known risk factor...