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Spontaneous regression of an human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Stefanie SeoLisa M RooperTanguy Y SeiwertCarole A Fakhry
Published in: Head & neck (2022)
We described a spontaneously regressed lymph node in a tonsillar HPV-positive SCC. The unique immune environment of HPV-positive OPSCCs, and unknown environmental or host factors, may have played a role in our patient's SR which requires future studies to elucidate.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • high grade
  • case report
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • risk assessment
  • radiation therapy
  • sentinel lymph node
  • case control
  • cervical cancer screening
  • rectal cancer