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ReviewAnnual review of pathology2023

Oropharyngeal Carcinoma with a Special Focus on HPV-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Robert L Ferris, William Westra

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Review in Annual review of pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Partner cancer risk in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer: a systematic review of couples studies.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  3. Advancements in immunotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer: Current landscape and future prospects.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2026
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  16. Explore the role of ctHPVDNA kinetics during diagnosis and follow-up of HPV OPSCC.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robert L FerrisUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; email: ferrrl@upmc.edu.
William WestraDepartment of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
WILD TYPE P53-BASED ADJUVANT IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SCCHNP50CA097190 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHRISTOPHER J. BAKKENIST · 2004 to 2026
$49.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-OPSCC) has one of the most rapidly increasing incidences of any cancer in high-income countries. The most recent (8th) edition of the Union for International Cancer Control/American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system separates HPV-OPSCC from its HPV-negative counterpart to account for the improved prognosis seen in the former. Indeed, owing to its improved prognosis and greater prevalence in younger individuals, numerous ongoing trials are examining the potential for treatment deintensification as a means to improve quality of life while maintaining acceptable survival outcomes. Owing to the distinct biology of HPV-OPSCCs, targeted therapies and immunotherapies have become an area of particular interest. Importantly, OPSCC is often detected at an advanced stage, highlighting the need for diagnostic biomarkers to aid in earlier detection. In this review, we highlight important advances in the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, and clinical management of HPV-OPSCC and underscore the need for a progressive understanding of the molecular basis of this disease toward early detection and precision care.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellHead and Neck NeoplasmsOropharyngeal NeoplasmsPapillomavirus InfectionsHumansPrognosisQuality of LifeSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neckhead and neck squamous cell carcinomahuman papillomavirusimmune escapenonkeratinizingoropharynx

Identifiers

PMID36693202
PMCPMC11227657

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