Tumour virus is best predictor of throat cancer survival

The presence of human papilloma virus, the virus that causes cervical cancer, in tumours is the most important predictor of survival for people diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the mouth), according to a new study led by a researcher at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James)...

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