Microbix Unveils Test Controls for Head and Neck Cancer
While HPV is best known for causing cancers of the cervix in women, this virus family also causes cancer in other bodily tissues.
- While HPV is best known for causing cancers of the cervix in women, this virus family also causes cancer in other bodily tissues.
- Such further types of HPV-driven cancer include those of the “Head and Neck,” collectively tumours inside and behind the nose, throughout the mouth (including the tongue, gums, and palate), all sections of the throat, and the voice box.
- Unfortunately, a lack of standardized and reproducible reference samples makes it challenging to control the recommended test workflows for diagnosing such cancers.
- These standardized and reproducible tissue-oriented test controls will then be added to Microbix’s catalogue of QAPs, expanding its activities into support of oncology workflows alongside its wide range of infectious disease test controls.