Abstract
This perspective highlights a study that reports an increasing proportion of human papillomavirus–positive oropharyngeal cancer among blacks in recent calendar periods. The results are discussed in the context of other studies which evaluated racial differences in the distribution of human papillomavirus–positive oropharyngeal cancer and survival. Cancer Prev Res; 8(1); 9–11. ©2014 AACR.
See related article by Zandberg et al., p. 12
- Received November 19, 2014.
- Accepted November 25, 2014.
- ©2014 American Association for Cancer Research.
January 2015
Volume 8, Issue 1
Volume 8, Issue 1
The Rise of HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancers in the United States
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