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Objective
The objective was to analyse the trends in the incidence of oropharyngeal cancers (OPC) across Australia from 1982 to 2017 with implications for prevention.
Methods
Data were obtained from the Australian Cancer Database (ACD) compiled at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Joinpoint analyses are presented.
Results and discussion
There was a striking increase of age‐standardised...
BACKGROUND
This study evaluated the detection accuracy of the Cobas human papillomavirus (HPV) assay for high‐risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) and HPV‐16 in head and neck fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) specimens with squamous cell carcinoma.
METHODS
Head and neck FNA biopsy specimens from 2012 to 2020 were retrospectively collected. Cobas HPV testing was performed on 90 FNA specimens with valid...