HPV Linked To Better Survival In Tonsil, Tongue Cancer
May 15th 2008Drug InformationAlcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a series of markers that indicate which patients are more likely to survive cancers of the base of the tongue and tonsils.Most notably, they found that cancers linked to HPV, or human papillomavirus, are the most responsive to current chemotherapy and radiation treatments, while tumors that express high levels of a certain growth factor receptor are the least responsive and most deadly.
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