Launch of SPLIT web site - Study of HPV and precancerous lesions in the tonsil

The Study of human Papillomavirus and precancerous Lesions In the Tonsil (SPLIT) project is an observational study started in 2012. The SPLIT project is funded by Institut National du Cancer (INCa), Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC), and Ligue contre le Cancer as part of the French "Programme d'Actions Intégrées de Recherche – Cancers des Voies Aéro-Digestives Supérieures (PAIR – VADS) 2011". Head and neck surgeons and pathologists from 17 recruiting centres and biologists from 7 research laboratories across France are collaborating to address the question of the natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in the tonsil. Visit the website here.