Table 5

Histological differentiation of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and non-isotopic in situ hybridisation (NISH) in 1995–8

Case no.	Sex	Age	Histological differentiation	Detected type of HPV by PCR	NISH
PCR was carried out using the primers in table 1.
*Was not detected by the use of the type specific primers .²⁷
f, female; m, male; M, moderately differentiated; P, poorly differentiated; W, well differentiated.
Histological differentiation of SCC and detection of HPV by PCR and NISH in 1995
1	m	67	W	6*, 18	18
2	m	62	W	16	16
3	m	70	W	6*, 18	18
4	m	74	W	6*, 11	11
5	m	68	W	16	16
6	m	72	W	11	11
7	m	66	W	11*, 16	16
8	f	73	W	16	16
9	m		M	6*
10	m	73	M	11	11
11	m	87	M
12	m	64	M	18	18
13	m	73	M	11	11
14	f		M	18	18
15	m	68	M
16	f	75	M
17	m	44	M	16	16
18	f	73	M
19	m	67	M	11	11
20	m	73	M	6	6
21	m		M
22	m	66	M	18	18
23	m		M	6	6
24	m	75	M	16*
25	m	63	M	11	11
26	m	64	M
27	m	69	M
28	m	66	P	6*
29	m		P	6*	6
30	m	68	P
31	m	70	P
32	m	70	P	11	11
33	m	73	P
34	m	78	P
Histological differentiation of SCC and detection of HPV by PCR and NISH in 1996
1	m	66	W
2	f		W	11	11
3	f	73	W	18	18
4	m	69	W	6	6
5	f	64	W	18	18
6	m	54	W	18	18
7	m	83	W
8	m	53	W	6	6
9	m	67	M
10	m	62	M
11	m		M
12	m	66	M	16	16
13	m	87	M	16*, 18	16
14	m	64	M	11*
15	m	73	M	11	11
16	m	68	M
17	m	70	M
18	f	75	M	6	6
19	m	44	M
20	f	74	M
21	f	73	M
22	m	67	M
23	m	68	M
24	m	73	M
25	m		M
26	m	65	M
27	m		M
28	m	75	M
29	m	73	P
30	m	72	P
31	m		P	16*, 18	18
32	m	68	P
33	m	70	P
34	m	70	P
35	m	73	P	18	18
36	m	63	P
37	m	78	P
Histological differentiation of SCC and detection of HPV by PCR and NISH in 1997
1	m	76	W	16, 18*	16
2	m	63	W	11	11
3	m	80	W	16	16
4	m	69	W
5	m	71	M
6	m		M	18	18
7	m	67	M
8	m	68	M
9	f	67	M	11	11
10	m	82	M
11	m	68	M
12	m	68	M
13	m	73	M
14	m	72	M
15	f	77	M
16	m	68	M
17	m	70	M
18	m	82	P
19	f	65	P
20	m	83	P
21	m	67	P
22	m		P
Histological differentiation of SCC and detection of HPV by PCR and NISH in 1998
1	m		W	11	11
2	f		W	11*
3	m		W
4	m		W
5	m		W	18	18
6	f		M
7	m		M	11	11
8	m		M
9	m		M
10	m		M
11	m		M
12	m		M
13	f		M	6	6
14	m		M
15	m		M
16	f		M
17	m		M
18	m		P
19	f		P
20	m		P
21	m		P