Human Papillomavirus-Related Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Variants
During the last few decades a phenotypically distinct type of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), that is etiologically related to human papillomavirus(HPV), has emerged and its prevalence continues to increase. The tumors are site-specific with special predilection for the oropharynx. They are morphologically and molecularly distinct and are responsive to different types of treatment modalities, with excellent clinical outcome, in spite of early lymph node metastasis. Microscopically, the carcinomas are nonkeratinizing SCCs.
Source: Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Samir K. El-Mofty Source Type: research
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