HPV-positive tumor status indicates better survival in patients with oropharyngeal cancer
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 16:12
in Health & Medicine
Oropharyngeal cancer patients whose tumors in the upper part of the throat test positively for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have better overall survival than patients with HPV-negative disease, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.