2018
HPV status in unknown primary head and neck cancer: Prognosis and treatment outcomes
Cheraghlou S, Torabi SJ, Husain ZA, Otremba MD, Osborn HA, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Judson BL. HPV status in unknown primary head and neck cancer: Prognosis and treatment outcomes. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 684-691. PMID: 30151832, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHPV-negative patientsTreatment deintensificationCN3 diseaseHPV statusNeck cancerUnivariate Kaplan-Meier analysisTumor human papillomavirus (HPV) statusCox survival regressionHPV-negative diseaseIdentifiable primary tumorUnknown primary headHPV-positive patientsHuman papillomavirus (HPV) statusTumor HPV statusKaplan-Meier analysisTreatment-related outcomesSignificant prognostic valuePoor patient survivalCases of headDefinitive chemoradiotherapyDefinitive radiotherapyMetastatic nodesNodal classificationUnknown primaryTherapeutic challenge
2014
HPV Association and the Increasing Incidence of Unknown Primary Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Epidemiology and Prevention
Galloway T, Davis K, Burtness B, Ferris R, Mehra R, Ridge J, Flieder D, Duvvuri U. HPV Association and the Increasing Incidence of Unknown Primary Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Epidemiology and Prevention. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2014, 88: 494. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.102.Peer-Reviewed Original Research