Abstract:12Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are small, double-stranded DNA viruses that are 13 significant risk factors in the development of cancer, and HPV accounts for 14 approximately 5% of all worldwide cancers. Recent studies using data from The Cancer 15 Genome Atlas (TCGA) have demonstrated that elevated levels of estrogen receptor 16 alpha (ERα) are associated with improved survival in oropharyngeal cancers, and these 17 elevated receptor levels were linked with human papillomavirus positive cancers 18 (HPV+cance… Show more
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