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Table 2 Prevalence of HPV identification in premalignant lesions of Head and Neck

From: Role of human papillomavirus and its detection in potentially malignant and malignant head and neck lesions: updated review

Study

Year

Positive/cases

%

Lesion Type

Mode of Detection

Zeuss et al [87]

1991

0/20

0

Dysplasia

ISH 6/11, 16/18, 31/33/35

Holladay & Gerald [88]

1993

13/45

28.9

Dysplasia, inflammation hyperplasia

E1 PCR

Fouret et al [89]

1995

0/3

0

Dysplasia

E6 consensus PCR

Nielsen et al [90]

1996

20/49

40.8

Dysplasia leukoplakias

ISH/HPV 16 PCR, SB PCR

Wen et al [91]

1997

5/17

29.4

Papilloma, leukoplakias, OLP

E6 HPV 16/18 PCR

D'Costa et al [70]

1998

27/80

33.8

Leukoplakias, OLP, OSMF

L1 consensus PCR

Bouda et al [26]

2000

29/34

85.2

Hyperplasia dysplasia

Nested consensus PCR

Ha et al [21]

2002

1/102

1.0

Dysplasia

Quantitative PCR

Ostwald et al [64]

2003

72/118

22.2

Oral Leukoplakia

PCR/Southern blot hybridization

  

65/118

15.4

OLP

 

Lo Muzio et al [92]

2004

6/7

85.7

Oral leukoplakia

Nested PCR, IHC

Campisi et al [65]

2004

68/139

17.6

Oral Leukoplakia

PCR

  

71/139

19.7

OLP

 

Chen et al [67]

2006

12/23

52.6

OSMF

PCR

Furrer et al [63]

2006

9/22

41

Potentially malignant and malignant head and neck lesions

PCR- Southern Blot

Giovannelli et al [93]

2006

50/116

22

Oral leukoplakia

PCR

Bagan et al [62]

2007

0/13

0

Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia

PCR

Luo et al [66]

2007

14/46

30.4

Pre-cancerous lesion

Nested PCR, gene-chip arrays