Advances in Imaging for HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer: Applications to Radiation Oncology.

ABSTRACT: While there has been an overall decline of tobacco and alcohol-related head and neck cancer in recent decades, there has been an increased incidence of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Recent research studies and clinical trials have revealed that the cancer biology and clinical progression of HPV-positive OPC is unique relative to its HPV-negative counterparts. HPV-positive OPC is associated with higher rates of disease control following definitive treatment when compared to HPV-negative OPC. Thus, these conditions should be considered unique diseases with regards to treatment strategies and survival. In order to sufficiently characterize HPV-positive OPC and guide treatment strategies, there has been a considerable effort to diagnose, prognose, and track the treatment response

SUBMITTER: Salzillo TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9273339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature