Human papilloma virus 18 detection in oral squamous cell carcinoma and potentially malignant lesions using saliva samples
Background: Oral cancer has become one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide and human Papillomavirus is one of the risk factors for developing oral cancer. For this study HPV18 was chosen as it is one of the high risk HPV types and may lead to carcinogenesis. However, prevalence of HPV18 infectio...