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Editorial
. 2025 May;25(5):143-146.
doi: 10.1080/14737159.2025.2478999. Epub 2025 Mar 24.

Screening for oropharyngeal cancer: the time is now

Kristina R Dahlstrom  1 , Erich M Sturgis  2 , Karen S Anderson  3
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Editorial

Screening for oropharyngeal cancer: the time is now

Kristina R Dahlstrom et al. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2025 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Biomarkers; human papillomavirus; oropharyngeal cancer; screening.

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Disclosure of interest

The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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