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Table 4.

DNA load in MCPyV-positive patients with multiple primary OSCCs

	Patient no	Sex	Age	Smoking (Brinkman index)	Alcohol	Oral sites	Oral MCPyV	Copies/cell	MCPyV detection rates of each patient
Multiple primary OSCCs	1	M	87	0	None	Cheek mucosa	+	0.025	1/3 tumours
						Tongue	−
						Lower gingiva	−
	2	F	86	0	None	Cheek mucosa	+	0.009	2/2 tumours
						Palate	+	0.007	2/2 tumours
	3	F	76	0	None	Lower gingiva	+	0.329	3/4 tumours
						Tongue (Lt)	+	0.577
						Tongue (Rt)	+	1.826
						Tongue (Lt)	−
	4	F	82	0	None	Upper gingiva	+	0.702	1/2 tumours
						Lower gingiva	−		1/2 tumours
	5	F	80	0	None	Lip	+	0.022	1/2 tumours
						Cheek mucosa	−		1/2 tumours
	6	M	37	0	Every day	Lower gingiva	+	1.842	2/3 tumours
						Cheek mucosa	+	0.136
						Tongue	−