Human papillomavirus and survival of patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

Kian Ang, K; Harris, Jonathan; Wheeler, Richard; Weber, Randal; I Rosenthal, David; Felix Nguyen-Tân, Phuc; H Westra, William; H Chung, Christine; C Jordan, Richard; Lu, Charles; Kim, Harold; Axelrod, Rita; Craig Silverman, C; P Redmond, Kevin; L Gillison, Maura

doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0912217

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Human papillomavirus and survival of patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

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Authors:

K Kian Ang

Jonathan Harris

Richard Wheeler

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinomas caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) are associated with favorable survival, but the independent prognostic significance of tumor HPV status remains unknown. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the association between tumor HPV status ...

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