Interaction of HPV16 and Cutaneous HPV in Head and Neck Cancer.
Walid A Al-SoneidarSam HarperBabatunde Y AlliBelinda Farias NicolauPublished in: Cancers (2022)
There could be biologic interaction between HPV16 and genotypes from cutaneous genera, which warrants further investigation. Although cutaneous HPVs are not usually found in tumor tissues, they are cofactors that could interact with HPV16 in the oral cavity and thus strengthen the latter's carcinogenic effect.