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HPV in Head and Neck
HPV in Head and Neck
HPV in Head and Neck
Dr. Lakshmi
Mch Resident
Introduction
• HNSCC- 20 % attributable to HPV
• OPSCC- 50 %
• 85% - HPV in lifetime
HPV
HPV
• Double stranded DNA
• Circular
• 8000 base pairs
• 8kb size
• Non enveloped
• 6 early proteins- E1,2,4,5,6,7
• 2 Late proteins- L1,2
• Papillomaviridae
Types of HPV
• Low risk-
• 1. HPV 6,11
• 2. benign – papilloma/warty