The prognostic role of sex, race, and human papillomavirus in oropharyngeal and nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell cancer

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Authors

Carole Fakhry · Johns Hopkins University

William H. Westra · Johns Hopkins University

Steven J. Wang · University of California, San Francisco

Annemieke van Zante · University of California, San Francisco

Yuehan Zhang · Johns Hopkins University

Eleni M. Rettig · Johns Hopkins University

Linda X. Yin

Abstract

For OPSCC, there are differences in survival by sex, even after the tumor HPV status has been taken into account. For non-OP HNSCC, the HPV status and the p16 status are not of prognostic significance. Cancer 2017;123:1566-1575. © 2017 American Cancer Society.

Topics & Keywords

Head and Neck Cancer Studies Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 9, pp. 1566-1575

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30353

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