Human Papillomavirus and Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer

Abstract

Tumor HPV status is a strong and independent prognostic factor for survival among patients with oropharyngeal cancer. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00047008.)

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MedicineHazard ratioRadiation therapyInternal medicineOncologyDose fractionationCancerProportional hazards modelStage (stratigraphy)Survival analysisConfidence interval

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 363
Issue: 1
Pages: 24-35
Citations: 6298
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                                    K. Kian Ang, 
                                
                                    Jonathan Harris, 
                                
                                    Richard Wheeler
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Human Papillomavirus and Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 363
                            (1)
                            , 24-35.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0912217
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0912217