Increasing prevalence of human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancers among older adults.

Melina J WindonGypsyamber D'SouzaEleni M RettigWilliam H WestraAnnemieke van ZanteSteven J WangWilliam R RyanWojciech K MydlarzPatrick K HaBrett A MilesWayne M KochChristine GourinDavid W EiseleCarole A Fakhry

Published in: Cancer (2018)

The median age at diagnosis for HPV-related OPSCC is increasing as the proportion of OPSCCs caused by HPV rises among older adults. The favorable survival conferred by an HPV-positive tumor status persists in older adults. Cancer 2018;124:2993-9. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
high grade
squamous cell
risk factors
childhood cancer
lymph node metastasis
free survival