Interaction between Chronic Inflammation and Oral HPV Infection in the Etiology of Head and Neck Cancers

Table 1

Chronic inflammatory diseases and associated cancers.

Chronic inflammation	Associated neoplasm
Chronic bronchitis	Lung carcinoma
Chronic gastritis	Gastric adenocarcinoma
Chronic cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease	Cervical carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma
Asbestosis, silicosis	Mesothelioma, lung carcinoma
Chronic ulcerative colitis	Colorectal cancer
Chronic pancreatitis, hereditary pancreatitis	Pancreatic carcinoma
Chronic sunburned skin, skin inflammation	Melanoma, basal-cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma
Reflux esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus	Esophageal carcinoma
Chronic hepatitis	Hepatocellular carcinoma
Mononucleosis	Burkitt’s, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Chronic cystitis	Bladder cancer
Chronic osteomyelitis	Skin carcinoma in draining sinuses

Table compiled from [15–18].