HPV infection in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas: correlation with tumor size.

CONCLUSIONS: HPV-depended OPSCCs - although not so common as the laryngeal ones, but still not so rare in the rural population in Greece - are characterized by a combination of specific features. Our results showed that survival was adversely effected by the stage of the disease and tumor size and indirectly by the presence of HPV - especially in young adults - while the combined surgery/radiotherapy/ chemotherapy therapy seems to prolong survival. Additionally, HPV co-existence seems to be associated with larger tumors and poor survival. PMID: 29745089 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of B.U.ON. - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J BUON Source Type: research