Lack of knowledge regarding HPV and its relation to oropharyngeal cancer among medical students.
Malik SallamDeema DababsehAlaa YaseenAyat Al-HaidarHajar EttarrasDania JaafrehHanan HasanKhaled Al-SalahatEsraa Al-FraihatYazan Mansour HassonaGülşen Özkaya ŞahinAzmi MahafzahPublished in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
A profound lack of knowledge regarding HPV role in OPC was found among medical students. This insufficiency included several aspects of the virus and its associated diseases. Such gaps in knowledge could have negative consequences in early detection and prevention of OPC and should be addressed by evaluation of the current curriculum.