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Table 3 Most common types of infection associated with cancer are HPV-16 and to a lesser extent 18

From: Oral sex, cancer and death: sexually transmitted cancers

Measures of HPV

Prevalence (%)

Odds SimplePara> HPV 16+ Patients

 

Control

Oropharyngeal cancer

Adjusted compared to control (1.0)

HPV-16 serology

7

57

32.2 (14.6–71.3)

Oral HPV-16 infection

4

32

14.6 (6.3–36.6)

All Oral HPV infection

6

37

12.3 (5.4–26.4)

HPV-16 E6 or E7 serology

4

64

58.4 (24.2–138.3)

  1. Modified from D’Souza G, Kreimer AR, Viscidi R, Pawlita M, Fakhry C, Koch WM, et al. Case-control study of human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):1944–56.
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