Oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and human papillomavirus (VPH) is proposed as an etiologic risk factor. In our country there is no prevalence studies of this virus either in oral or oropharyngeal mucosa. This data would be useful at the moment of evaluating the risk in general population of developing head and neck cancer VPH related and also the impact that it could have the proved effective vaccines against VPH.
Palabras clave:
Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello, Virus del Papiloma Humano
Walker J., K., & Domínguez P., M. (2015). Cáncer de cabeza y cuello asociado al virus papiloma humano: revisión de la literatura. Revista Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile, 26(1), pp. 13–18. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7996.2015.72117
