Association of Herpes simplex infection with significantly increased risk of head and neck cancer: real-world evidence of about 500,000 patients

CONCLUSION: The surprisingly strong correlation with lip, oral cavity, and pharynx neoplasms sheds new light on supposedly harmless herpes simplex infections, suggesting them as a possible new factor for risk stratification.PMID:38643367 | DOI:10.1111/ijd.17196

Source: Herpes - April 21, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jennifer von Stebut Max Heiland Robert Preissner Carsten Rendenbach Saskia Preissner Source Type: research