Herpes simplex virus-infected squamous cell carcinoma: a case report.
Sarah H BrownVanessa A R StatesAbaseen K AfghanGowri SatyanarayanaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)
HSV-1 is not considered an oncogenic virus itself but may increase risk of malignant progression. Cancer cells are vulnerable to superimposed viral infections, including HSV-1, which likely led to the findings in this case.