HPV DNA extraction methods - A comparative evaluation in oral cancer

Oral squamous cell carcinoma OSCC has a multi-factorial etiology of which tobacco is considered to be a known risk factor. Human Papilloma Virus HPV is also now thought to be one of the risk factor. Literature shows the varying prevalence rates of HPV in causation of OSCC. This variation in prevalence of HPV could be because of many reasons. Of which the DNAextraction method is one which is an important but less evaluated variable. This study attempts to compare two different DNAextraction methods which on further analysis can predict the exact prevalence rate of HPV in OSCC.nbsp