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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2022

Performance of oral HPV DNA, oral HPV mRNA and circulating tumor HPV DNA in the detection of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer and cancer of unknown primary.

Hidenori Tanaka, Motoyuki Suzuki, Norihiko Takemoto, Takahito Fukusumi, Hirotaka Eguchi, Erina Takai, Haruka Kanai, Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Masafumi Horie, Yukinori Takenaka and 2 more

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Article in International journal of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Circulating Tumor Tissue-Modified-Viral HPV DNA and Correlations With Disease Burden in Oropharyngeal Cancer.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  10. Circulating Tumour DNA as a Complementary Tool for Treatment Evaluation in HPV-Associated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Observational Cohort Study.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hidenori TanakaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7516-9180
Motoyuki SuzukiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Norihiko TakemotoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Takahito FukusumiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Hirotaka EguchiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Erina TakaiDepartment of Cancer Genome Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Haruka KanaiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Mitsuaki TatsumiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Masafumi HorieDepartment of Cancer Genome Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Yukinori TakenakaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Shinichi YachidaDepartment of Cancer Genome Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Hidenori InoharaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4473-1203
Osaka Gakuin University · JPThe University of Osaka · JPNational Cancer Research Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A biomarker that is useful for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) and cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is indispensable. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of HPV DNA and mRNA in oral gargle samples and circulating tumor HPV16 DNA (ctHPV16DNA) in blood samples. Oral HPV DNA and mRNA were analyzed using commercially available HPV assays of the GENOSEARCH HPV31 and Aptima, respectively. ctHPV16DNA was analyzed using in-house droplet digital polymerase chain reaction. Seventy-four patients with OPC and eight patients with CUP were included. The sensitivity and specificity of oral HPV DNA, oral HPV mRNA, and ctHPV16DNA were 82% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 66-92) and 100% (95% CI = 88-100), 85% (95% CI = 69-94) and 94% (95% CI = 73-100), and 93% (95% CI = 81-99) and 97% (95% CI = 84-100), respectively, for HPV16-related OPC, while those were 20% (95% CI = 1-72) and 100% (95% CI = 3-100), 0% (95% CI = 0-52) and 100% (95% CI = 3-100), and 100% (95% CI = 54-100) and 100% (95% CI = 16-100), respectively, for HPV16-related CUP. The sensitivity of ctHPV16DNA for HPV16-related OPC was higher than that of oral biomarkers, though the difference was not statistically significant. ctHPV16DNA remarkably correlated with the anatomic extent of disease, total metabolic tumor volume and HPV16 copy number per tumor genome in patients with HPV16-related OPC/CUP, whereas oral biomarkers did not. In conclusion, ctHPV16DNA is a potentially promising biomarker for HPV16-related OPC, while further studies are required for HPV16-related CUP.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlphapapillomavirusCirculating Tumor DNADNA, ViralFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasms, Unknown PrimaryOropharyngeal NeoplasmsPapillomavirus InfectionsPrognosisProspective StudiesCirculating Tumor DNADNA, ViralRNA, MessengerRNA, Viralcancer of unknown primarycirculating tumor DNAdroplet digital PCRhuman papillomavirusoropharyngeal cancer

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PMID34486724
PMCPMC9290341
OpenAlexW3198235566

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