Review Article
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 |
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Table compiled from [15–18].
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