Squamous cell papilloma (SCP) in the upper aero-digestive tract is a rare disease entity with
bimodal age presentation both at childhood and in adults. It originates from stratified …

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral region (OSCC) is one of the most common and highly
aggressive malignancies worldwide, despite the fact that significant results have been …

This review updates the evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) is involved in the
development of benign and malignant sinonasal lesions. Since the early 1980s, when …

Objectives: To assess the performance indicators of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)
and visual inspection with Lugol's iodine (VILI) in four Latin American centres participating in …

Background: Hybrid Capture II HPV Test (HCII)(Digene Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD) is a
signal amplified hybridization microplate-based assay designated to detect 18 human …

Because of the major clinical impact of bronchial cancer worldwide, the possibility that
human papillomavirus (HPV) contributes to its pathogenesis as a co-carcinogen is an …

Background Estimating evolutionary rates for slowly evolving viruses such as
papillomaviruses (PVs) is not possible using fossil calibrations directly or sequences …

BACKGROUND: The natural history of genital human papillomavirus infection is well known,
but nearly nothing is known about the outcome of oral HPV-infection. OBJECTIVES AND …

Background Public awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) as the causal agent of
cervical cancer and of the availability of HPV vaccines has increased. As a result, more …

The oncogenic potential of the human papillomavirus (HPV) early genes E6 and E7 is well
established and a source of interest with regard to HPV testing for cervical carcinoma. Here …