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Cancer Prevention Research 2, 769, September 1, 2009. Published Online First July 29, 2009;
doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0150
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Oropharyngeal Cancer, Race, and the Human Papillomavirus

Otis W. Brawley

Author's Affiliation: American Cancer Society; Departments of Hematology and Oncology (Emory University School of Medicine) and Epidemiology (Rollins School of Public Health), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Requests for reprints: Otis W. Brawley, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone: 404-329-7740; Fax: 404-329-7530; E-mail: Otis.Brawley{at}Cancer.Org.

This perspective on Settle et al. (beginning on p. 776 in this issue of the journal) discusses the racial disparity in oropharyngeal cancer survival in relation to the biological factor human papillomavirus and its association with sexual behavior. This discussion is expanded to a more general consideration of biological and nonbiological (e.g., socioeconomic and cultural) factors affecting racial disparities in disease.


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Racial Survival Disparity in Head and Neck Cancer Results from Low Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Black Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients
Kathleen Settle, Marshall R. Posner, Lisa M. Schumaker, Ming Tan, Mohan Suntharalingam, Olga Goloubeva, Scott E. Strome, Robert I. Haddad, Shital S. Patel, Earl V. Cambell, III, Nicholas Sarlis, Jochen Lorch, and Kevin J. Cullen
Cancer Prevention Research 2009 2: 776-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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