Comparing serum protein levels can aid in differentiating HPV-negative and -positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients

• Amy Dickinson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Amy.dickinson@helsinki.fi

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4559-7819

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• Mayank Saraswat,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

  Affiliations Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Stina Syrjänen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Pathology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

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• Tiialotta Tohmola,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Robert Silén,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Reija Randén-Brady,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Timo Carpén,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Jaana Hagström,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki, University Hospital Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Caj Haglund,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki, University Hospital Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Translational Cancer Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Petri Mattila,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Antti Mäkitie,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Sakari Joenväärä,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Suvi Silén

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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