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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal oncology2017

Prognostic relevance of human papillomavirus infection in anal squamous cell carcinoma: analysis of the national cancer data base.

Jaymin Jhaveri, Lael Rayfield, Yuan Liu, Mudit Chowdhary, Richard J Cassidy, Nicholas A Madden, Daniel G Tanenbaum, Theresa W Gillespie, Pretesh R Patel, Kirtesh R Patel and 1 more

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jaymin JhaveriDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Lael RayfieldBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yuan LiuBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mudit ChowdharyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Richard J CassidyDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Nicholas A MaddenDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Daniel G TanenbaumDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Theresa W GillespieDepartment of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Pretesh R PatelDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kirtesh R PatelDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jerome C LandryDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Emory University · USWinship Cancer InstituteRush University · USYale University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo examine the prognostic relevance of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection for anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) patients treated with chemoradiation (CRT) in the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB).

methodsThe 2014 NCDB was queried for non-metastatic, histologically confirmed, ASCC patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2013. Patients were required to have HPV status documented in order to be eligible. Patients were then stratified into two groups: HPV+ and HPV-. Univariate analysis (UVA) was performed using the χ

resultsA total of 1,063 patients were eligible. Patients were stratified into HPV+ (n=498, 46.8%) and HPV- (n=565, 53.2%). After PS weighting, MVA for OS showed that for men, HPV infection was associated with better OS (HR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.38-0.96; P=0.034). However, for women, HPV infection did not significantly influence survival (HR: 1.47, 95% CI: 0.96-2.25; P=0.074).

conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the largest patient series evaluating the impact of HPV infection on OS in patients with anal cancer. We found that HPV infection is associated with a statistically significant better survival for men with ASCC. In contrast, for women, HPV infection did not significantly influence survival.

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anal cancergenderHuman papillomavirus (HPV)National Cancer Database (NCDB)overall survival (OS)squamous cell carcinoma

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