Extended survival after chemotherapy and conservative radiotherapy for HPV-16 positive stage IVB oropharyngeal carcinoma

References

• Adelstein DJ, Li Y, Adams GL, Wagner H Jr, Kish JA, Ensley JF, et al. An Intergroup phase III comparison of standard radiation therapy and two schedules of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with unresectable squamous cell head and neck cancer. J Clin Oncol 2003;21:92–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fu KK, Phillips TL, Silverberg IJ, Jacobs CM, Goffinet DR, Chun C, et al. Combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy with bleomycin and methotrexate for advanced inoperable head and neck cancer. Update of a Northern California Oncology Group randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 1987;5:1410–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poole ME, Sailer SL, Rosenman JG, Tepper JE, Weissler MC, Shockley WW, et al. Chemoradiation for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck for organ preservation and palliation. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001;127:1446–50.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Ang KK, Harris J, Wheeler R, Weber RM, Rosenthal DI, Nguyen-Tan P, et al. Human papillomavirus and survival of patients with oropharyngeal cancer. N Engl J Med 2010;363: 24–35.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fakhry C, Westra CH, Cmelak A, Ridge JA, Pinto H, Forastiere A, et al. Improved survival of patients with HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a prospective clinical trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 2008;100:261–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Worden FP, Kumar B, Lee JS, Wolf GT, Cordell KG, Taylor JMG, et al. Chemoselection as a strategy for organ preservation in advanced oropharyngeal cancer: Response and survival positively associated with HPV16 copy number. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:3138–46.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huang CC, Qiu JT, Kashima ML, Kurman RJ, Wu TC. Generation of type-specific probes for the detection of single copy human papillomavirus by a novel in situ hybridization method. Mod Pathol 1998;11:971–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ampil FL, Mills GM, Stucker FJ, Burton GV, Nathan CAO. Radical combined treatment of locally extensive head and neck cancer in the elderly. Am J Otolaryngol 2001;22: 65–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Iro H, Waldfahrer F. Evaluation of the newly updated TNM classification of head and neck carcinoma with data from 3247 patients. Cancer 1998;83:2201–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mendenhall WM, Parsons JT, Million RR, Cassisi NJ, Devine JW, Greene BD. A favorable subset of AJCC stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1984;10;1841–3.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kasibhatla M, Kirkpatrick JP, Brizel DM. How much radiation is chemotherapy worth in advanced head and neck cancer?Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007;68:1491–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kong CS, Narasimhan B, Cao H, Kwok S, Erickson JP, Koong A, et al. The relationship between papillomavirus status and other molecular prognostic markers in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;74:553–61.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lassen P. The role of human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer and the impact on radiotherapy outcome. Radiother Oncol 2010;95:371–80.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O’Rorke MA, Ellison MV, Murray LJ, Moran M, James J, Anderson LA. Human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Oncol 2012;48:1191–201.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spanos WC, Nowicki P, Lee DW, Hoover A, Hostager B, Gupta A, et al. Immune response during therapy with cisplatin or radiation for human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2009;135: 1137–46.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pignon JP, Burhis J, Domenge C, Designe L. On behalf of the MACH-NC Collaborative Group: Chemotherapy added to locoregional treatment for head and neck squamous carcinoma: Three meta-analyses of updated individual data. Lancet 2000;355:949–55.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Agarwal JP, Mallick I, Bhutani R, Ghosh-Laskar S, Gupta T, Budrukkar A, et al. Prognostic factors in oropharyngeal cancer: Analysis of 627 cases receiving definitive radiotherapy. Acta Oncol 2009;48:1026–33.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar