TABLE 2.
Positive in blood & saliva | Positive in blood or saliva | Negative | Total patients | |
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Pre‐treatment patients | 24 a | 32 | 3 | 35 |
Post‐treatment patients | 4 | 4 | 46 | 50 |
Control patients (HPV− HNC) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
Saliva unavailable for 5 patients, blood unavailable for 2 patients.