RT Journal Article T1 Association of Salivary Human Papillomavirus Infectionand Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Meta-Analys A1 Rapado González, Óscar A1 Martínez-Reglero, Cristina A1 Salgado Barreira, Ángel A1 Rodríguez Fernández, Almudena A1 Aguín Losada, Santiago A1 Leon-Mateos, Luis A1 Muinelo Romay, Laura A1 López López, Rafael A1 Suárez Cunqueiro, María Mercedes K1 Human Papillomavirus K1 Oral cancer K1 Oropharyngeal cancer K1 Saliva K1 Meta-analysis AB Background. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been recognized as an important risk factor in cancer. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the prevalence and effect size of association between salivary HPV DNA and the risk of developing oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Methods. A systematic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, LILACS, Scopus and the Cochrane Library was performed, without language restrictions or specified start date. Pooled data were analyzed by calculating odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Quality assessment was performed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS). Results. A total of 1672 studies were screened and 14 met inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. The overall prevalence of salivary HPV DNA for oral and oropharyngeal carcinoma was 43.2%, and the prevalence of salivary HPV16 genotype was 27.5%. Pooled results showed a significant association between salivary HPV and oral and oropharyngeal cancer (OR = 4.94; 2.82−8.67), oral cancer (OR = 2.58; 1.67−3.99) and oropharyngeal cancer (OR = 17.71; 6.42−48.84). Significant associations were also found between salivary HPV16 and oral and oropharyngeal cancer (OR = 10.07; 3.65−27.82), oral cancer (OR = 2.95; 1.23−7.08) and oropharyngeal cancer (OR = 38.50; 22.43−66.07). Conclusions. Our meta-analysis demonstrated the association between salivary HPV infection and the incidence of oral and oropharyngeal cancer indicating its value as a predictive indicator PB MDPI YR 2020 FD 2020-05-01 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32747 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32747 LA eng NO Rapado-González, Ó., Martínez-Reglero, C., Salgado-Barreira, Á., Rodríguez-Fernández, A., Aguín-Losada, S., León-Mateos, L., Muinelo-Romay, L., López-López, R., & Suarez-Cunqueiro, M. M. (2020). Association of Salivary Human Papillomavirus Infection and Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(5), 1305. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051305 DS Minerva RD 30 abr 2026