A pilot study of Merkel cell polyomavirus in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

Oral Oncol. 2017 Nov:74:111-114. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.09.021. Epub 2017 Oct 4.

¹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA; Department of Surgery, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Hospital, Shreveport, LA, USA.
² Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
⁴ Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA; Department of Surgery, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Hospital, Shreveport, LA, USA. Electronic address: cnatha@lsuhsc.edu.

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Keywords: Cancer; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Oral; Tongue.

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