Background Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with oral cancer
development. However, few epidemiologic investigations have focused on oral HPV …

Viruses are the most abundant obligate intracellular entities in our body. Until recently, they
were only considered to be pathogens that caused a broad array of pathologies, ranging …

Scant evidence exists to support the association of opium use with head and neck cancer,
limited to the larynx and oral cavity. In a multicenter case‐control study—Iran Opium and …

Background Few countries in the Middle East have a population-based cancer registry,
despite a clear need for accurate cancer statistics in this region. We therefore established a …

Objectives: In current era of blue brain intelligence and technology access at ease,
standardization of disease etiology demands extensive research to drop-down human …

Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are undoubtedly involved in genesis of
human malignancies. HPV plays an etiological role in cervical cancer, but also in many …

Epidemiological and mechanistic evidence on the causative role of human papillomaviruses
(HPV) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is unclear. We retrieved alcohol …

Aims: The present study assesses the prevalence of high-risk HPV-16 and HPV-18 in tissue
and saliva samples from an Iranian population diagnosed with OLP. Subjects and Methods …

Human papillomavirus is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases worldwide.
The natural history of oral HPV infection is unclear and its risk factors have not been …

Introduction: The incidence rate of cervical cancer is lower in Iran compare to other
countries; however, because of higher risk of cervical cancer deaths in this region, a cervical …