Finally, the recommendation for routine p16/HPV testing for patients with sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma should help radiation and medical oncologists, as well as surgeons, to more ...

The difference in positive status for discordant patients was significant when paired with smoking history. Patients P16 positive and HPV negative who smoked had a much worse prognosis than ...

Patients with head and neck cancer who have equivocal results on routine p16 assay for HPV should be tested again with a test that measures HPV DNA, say researchers.

81% among double positive tests, 53% for patients with p16-/HPV+ test 54% for patients with p16+/HPV- tests for patients Testing for whether a cancer is HPV related is made up of two types of tests.

Accurate detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is essential to understanding the role of HPV in disease prognosis and management of patients. We used ...

(HealthDay)—Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancers are increasing among older adults, according to a study published online April 30 in Cancer.

Additional HPV-specific testing may be done at the discretion of the pathologist, treating clinician, or in the context of a clinical trial. For HPV-positive/p16 cases, tumor grade (or ...

BACKGROUND: The incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has risen over the past 2 decades. This rise has been attributed to human papillomavirus (HPV), but information on temporal trends in incidence of HPV ...

To determine whether patients had HPV-positive tumors, they compared the results of the p16 test with results of a more specific genetic test.

The addition of cetuximab to radiotherapy appeared to improve clinical outcomes for patients with locoregionally advanced oropharyngeal cancer, regardless of HPV or p16 status, according to a ...