## Abstract Head and neck cancer is the world's sixth most common cancer, but despite advances in treatment, there has been no significant decline in the mortality rate. In recent years, there has been mounting epidemiologic and experimental evidence of a role for human papillomavirus (HPV) as the
Human papillomavirus status in head and neck cancer : The ethics of disclosure
β Scribed by Andrew G. Shuman; Gregory T. Wolf
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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