Staging and treatment of oropharyngeal cancer in the human papillomavirus era
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- 作者：Matthew J. Ward ; Toby Mellows ; Scott Harris ; Andrew Webb ; Nimesh N. Patel ; Hugh J. Cox ; Kim Piper ; Christian H. Ottensmeier ; Gareth J. Thomas and Emma V. King
- 关键词：oropharyngeal cancer ; human papillomavirus (HPV) ; TNM staging
- 刊名：Head & Neck
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：July 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：37
- 期：7
- 页码：1002-1013
- 全文大小：395K
- ISSN：1097-0347
文摘
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is staged using the TNM system. Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive tumors have improved prognosis, despite presenting at advanced stage. Optimal treatment and stratification of HPV-positive patients are not clearly defined.