Review Article

Advances in the Management of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer

Table 1

Independent external validation of the 8th edition staging of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer.

5-y OS by 8th edition TNM stage
AuthorYear of publicationPatientsPrimary treatmentIIIIIIIV

O’Sullivan [6]20161907S: 34; RT: 187385%78%53%NA

Haughey [7]2016704S: 70490%84%48%NA

Cramer [8]201715116S: 6465; RT: 7841; CHT: 27687.4%76.6%63.1%20.7%

Malm [9]2017435S: 166; RT: 26992.3%87.2%73.6%40.0%

Porceddu [10]2017279RT: 27993.6%81.9%69.1%NA

international collaboration on oropharyngeal cancer network for staging (ICON-S) study
4-year overall survival
5-y OS: 5-year overall survival; S: surgery; RT: radiotherapy; CHT: chemotherapy; NA: not applicable