Human papillomavirus: a cause of some head and neck cancers?

• 1 Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute and Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW.
• 2 Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, NSW.

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