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ReviewJournal of global oncology2018

Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Ryan K Cleary, Anthony J Cmelak

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Review in Journal of global oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ryan K ClearyRyan K. Cleary and Anthony J. Cmelak, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Anthony J CmelakRyan K. Cleary and Anthony J. Cmelak, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is increasing in incidence in the United States and in many countries worldwide primarily as a result of increasing rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV-positive OPSCC represents a distinct disease entity from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma caused by traditional risk factors such as tobacco and alcohol, with different epidemiology, patterns of failure, and expected outcomes. Because patients with HPV-positive OPSCC have a younger median age and superior prognosis compared with their HPV-negative counterparts, they live longer with the morbidity of treatment, which can be severe. Therefore, efforts are under way to de-escalate therapy in favorable-risk patients while maintaining treatment efficacy. Additional work is being undertaken to discover new therapies that may benefit both HPV-positive and HPV-negative patient subsets. Herein, we will review the available data for the evolving treatment paradigms in OPSCC as well as discuss ongoing clinical trials.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDisease ManagementHumansOropharyngeal NeoplasmsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID30241193
PMCPMC6223382

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