PMID- 28093081 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171024 LR - 20221207 IS - 1944-446X (Electronic) IS - 1000-467X (Print) IS - 1944-446X (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Jan 16 TI - The most important questions in cancer research and clinical oncology : Question 1. Could the vertical transmission of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection account for the cause, characteristics, and epidemiology of HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma, non-smoking East Asian female lung adenocarcinoma, and/or East Asian triple-negative breast carcinoma? PG - 13 LID - 10.1186/s40880-016-0168-1 [doi] LID - 13 AB - Specific research foci: (1) Mouse models of gamma-herpes virus-68 (gammaHV-68) and polyomavirus (PyV) infections during neonatal versus adult life. (2) For human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma (OPC)-(a) Asking the question: Is oral sex a powerful carcinogen? (b) Examining the evidence for the vertical transmission of HPV infection. (c) Examining the relationship between HPV and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections and nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) in West European, East European, and East Asian countries. (d) Examining the association between HPV-positive OPC and human leukocyte antigen (HLA). (3) For non-smoking East Asian female lung adenocarcinoma-(a) Examining the incidence trends of HPV-positive OPC and female lung adenocarcinoma according to birth cohorts. (b) Examining the association between female lung adenocarcinoma and HPV. (c) Examining the associations of lung adenocarcinoma with immune modulating factors. (4) For triple-negative breast carcinoma (TNBC) in East Asians-(a) Examining the association between TNBC and HPV. (b) Examining the unique epidemiological characteristics of patients with TNBC. A summary "epidemiological" model tying some of these findings together. FAU - Wee, Joseph T S AU - Wee JT AD - Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, 169610, Singapore. Joseph.wee.t.s@singhealth.com.sg. AD - Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. Joseph.wee.t.s@singhealth.com.sg. FAU - Poh, Sharon Shuxian AU - Poh SS AD - Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, 169610, Singapore. LA - eng PT - News DEP - 20170116 PL - England TA - Chin J Cancer JT - Chinese journal of cancer JID - 101498232 SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/*epidemiology/virology MH - Adenocarcinoma of Lung MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Asia, Eastern/epidemiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical MH - Lung Neoplasms/*epidemiology/virology MH - Mice MH - Oropharyngeal Neoplasms/*epidemiology/virology MH - Papillomavirus Infections/*transmission MH - Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/*epidemiology/virology PMC - PMC5240210 EDAT- 2017/01/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/25 06:00 PMCR- 2017/01/16 CRDT- 2017/01/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/01/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/01/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s40880-016-0168-1 [pii] AID - 168 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40880-016-0168-1 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Chin J Cancer. 2017 Jan 16;36(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s40880-016-0168-1.