Based on epidemiological, clinical, histopathological, and molecular studies, keratinocytic intraepidermal neoplasia (KIN) is considered an early step in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development (1).
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has unique biology and better outcomes. p16 immunostaining is used as a surrogate marker for transcriptionally active HPV.
In patients treated for cancer, chemotherapy can accelerate the aging process. Researchers measured the level of p16, a protein that causes cellular aging, in the blood of 33 women over the age of 50 ...
Patients with head and neck cancer are now routinely tested for human papillomavirus (HPV), as disease associated with the virus has a different prognosis and different treatment than disease not ...