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5 Facts you should know about
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
1
Squamous cell carcinoma comprises over 95% of oropharyngeal cancers
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Tobacco and alcohol are major risk factors, but human papillomavirus (HPV) now causes most of these tumors
3
Symptoms include sore throat and painful and/or difficult swallowing
4
HPV type 16 causes 60% of oropharyngeal cancers
5
The survival rate is high in HPV-positive patients
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