Open AccessDetection of human papilloma virus in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus planned for definitive chemo-radiotherapy, and a study of their clinical characteristics
Author(s) -
PU Prakash Saxena,
Donald J Fernandes,
M S Vidyasagar,
Anshul Singh,
Krishna Sharan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.168971
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , radiation therapy , incidence (geometry) , squamous carcinoma , cancer , carcinoma , oncology , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , physics , optics
To identify the incidence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in squamous esophageal cancer.