Head and Neck Cancer, Part 1: The 99 Percent
I contracted HPV before there was a vaccine. Today’s kids don’t have that excuse.
The University Historian
A historian’s exploration of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, and a head and neck cancer diagnosis on the U.S.–Mexico border.
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