Abstract:Over the past few decades, the incidence of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in the pediatric population and tumors associated with oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV) has continued to increase. Previously, head and neck cancers in young patients were considered rare and?only in patients with genetic risk factors, with clinicians unaware of these neoplasms?occurring with greater frequency in younger patients, and often associated with HPV infection. This article reviews the viral oncogenic properties o… Show more
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