2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

Ethiological factors

Genetic susceptibility 4p15 1 q12 ‐ . ‐ ‐HLA haplotypes ‐Loss of heterozygosity

Food & Environment Salty fish ‐ ‐Nitrosamins in  preserved food

Viral oncogenesis ‐EBV in (all) tumor cells ‐EBV enhances the tumor  invading properties