Monday, 24 February 2014

Double the survival rate for HPV-positive OPSCC patients compared to HPV-negative patients

A retrospective analysis of oropharyngeal patients with recurrence of disease after primary therapy in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies 0129 or 0522 found that HPV-positive patients had a higher overall survival (OS) rate than HPV-negative patients (at two years post-treatment, 54.6 percent vs. 27.6 percent, respectively), according to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..


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