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Predominance of In‐Field Recurrence After Radiotherapy for Sinonasal Cancer: A Single‐Center Retrospective Study

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sinonasal malignancies (SNM) are rare, heterogeneous tumors with poor prognosis. There is an unmet need to improve treatment outcomes. Despite advances in imaging and molecular classification, optimal curative radiotherapy (RT) strategies remain undefined.
M. de Ridder   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multimodal approach to improving human papillomavirus vaccination in a community pharmacy setting

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Background: Community pharmacy has become a major access point for several types of vaccinations. Despite the success of vaccination programs like influenza, pneumococcal, and herpes zoster, the rates of human papillomavirus vaccination continue to lag ...
Kenneth C Hohmeier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An in depth study of human papillomavirus diversity in South African women infected with HIV

open access: yes, 2009
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-129).Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer affecting women and in most developing countries it remains the leading cause of cancer deaths.
Salimo, Anna T
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Human papillomavirus: an overview [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Human papillomavirus (HPV) comprises a group of heterogeneous viruses containing many genotypes that can be divided into high-risk and low-risk types, depending on their association with disease.
Greenwell, P., Rughooputh, S.
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Stakeholders’ Understandings of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Qualitative Systematic Review

open access: yes, 2021
Cervical cancer rates in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are amongst the highest worldwide. All three of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines (9-valent, quadrivalent and bivalent HPV vaccine) provide primary protection against the most common cancer-causing ...
Christopher J. Colvin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Cigarette Smoke Exposure Attenuates T2R‐Mediated Apoptosis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Tobacco use is associated with worse outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Bitter taste receptor (T2R) activation induces apoptosis via calcium‐dependent signaling, and higher T2R expression correlates with increased survival in HNSCC.
Kyle Polen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A cohort survey of the effect of an educational intervention on human papillomavirus vaccine-related knowledge and attitudes among pre-university female students in Singapore

open access: yesProceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2017
Introduction: Although cervical cancer is the 10th most common cancer among females in Singapore, it is a vaccine-preventable cancer. Human papillomavirus vaccines combined with regular Pap (papillomavirus) smears have been shown to reduce the mortality ...
Sarah Woon Ching Lim   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for human papillomavirus exposure and co-factors for cervical cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean.

open access: yes, 2008
The incidence of cervical cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the highest in the world. Because there are major demographic shifts happening in LAC countries (population growth, urbanization and ageing) cervical cancer incidence and ...
García, Patricia J   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Impact of Smoking on Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Human Papillomavirus‐Related Oropharyngeal Cancer

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have worse outcomes with longer smoking history (≥ 10 pack‐years). This has been confirmed in trials of primary radiotherapy but not surgery, suggesting differential smoking impact by treatment received. We assessed smoking‐related outcomes at a single institution.
Michelle M. Kwan   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recurrence of cervical precancer after excisional treatment: risks and prevention

open access: yesЛечащий Врач
Background. Genital papillomavirus infection is widespread in the population, initiating the development of precancer and genital cancer. The vast majority (83.0%) of human papillomavirus-related cancer cases worldwide are cervical cancer.
T. V. Klinyshkova, M. S. Buyan
doaj   +1 more source

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