HPV overtakes smoking as the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancer in Ireland: experience of a head and neck surgery tertiary referral centre.
Eoin F CleereJosh MurphyThomas J CrottyJustin M HintzeConrad V I TimonJohn KinsellaConall W R FitzgeraldPaul LennonPublished in: Irish journal of medical science (2024)
In our institution, the number of patients with OPSCC is increasing due to an escalation in cases associated with HPV. Population-level interventions such as vaccination programs may alter the current increase in the incidence of these tumours.
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