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To the Editor: The study by D'Souza et al. (May 10 issue)¹ on oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinomas associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) provides important epidemiologic insights into a cancer that is becoming increasingly common in the United States.² However, the molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinomas remain unclear.

The integration of HPV type 16 (HPV-16) into the host genome is an important mechanism in cervical carcinogenesis,³ but there is no direct evidence that this process occurs in oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinomas. The authors state that Southern blot, real-time polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR), and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses⁴ have established integration . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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