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ArticleMedical microbiology and immunology2017

Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection leads to the development of head and neck lesions but offers better prognosis in malignant Indian patients.

Shreya Sarkar, Neyaz Alam, Jayanta Chakraborty, Jaydip Biswas, Syam Sundar Mandal, Susanta Roychoudhury, Chinmay Kumar Panda

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Shreya SarkarDepartment of Oncogene Regulation, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, 700026, India.
Neyaz AlamDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India.
Jayanta ChakrabortyDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India.
Jaydip BiswasDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India.
Syam Sundar MandalDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India.
Susanta RoychoudhuryBasic Research, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kolkata, India.
Chinmay Kumar PandaDepartment of Oncogene Regulation, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, 700026, India. ckpanda.cnci@gmail.com.
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute · INSaroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute · IN

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Abstract

Head and neck cancers constitute a multifactorial global disease burden and are associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) as a possible risk factor. The aim of the study is to understand the relationship between HPV and the development of head and neck lesions in Indian patients. To this end, frequency of HPV was assessed in relation to different demographic and etiological features and correlated with patient survival. The prevalence of HPV significantly increased from mild dysplastic lesions (43.6%) to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) stage IV (68.5%) with HPV 16 being pre-dominant in both dysplasia (43.8%) and HNSCC (61.5%). Similar trend was observed in increasing grades of the tumour. In invasive lesions, patients aged below the median age of onset showed significantly higher occurrence of HPV than those above it. Patients harbouring HPV showed a significantly better survival irrespective of age of onset. Likewise, better survival was observed in tobacco habit negative/HPV-positive patients, and as reflected in both univariate and multivariate analysis. Majority of the HPV 16-positive samples showed moderate/high nuclear expression of HPV E6 and E7 proteins in tumours and respective basal layer of adjacent normal tissues. Thus, our data indicate that frequent HPV infection, along with tobacco habit, is a pre-requisite factor for the development of HNSCC of Indian patients but offers a better survival even during tobacco usage, implicating its diagnostic and prognostic importance.

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AdultAgedFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansIndiaMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsPrevalencePrognosisRisk FactorsSurvival AnalysisHead and neck squamous cell carcinomaHuman papilloma virusPrognostic marker

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