Tobacco use in HPV-positive oropharynx cancer patients related to increased risk

    Feb. 25, 2010
    Current tobacco users with advanced, HPV-positive SCCOP are at higher risk of disease recurrence compared with never-tobacco users.

    Patient's prognosis with HPV-positive tumors that also have to have a history of tobacco use is not likely to be as good as their fellow HPV-positive patients who have never smoked, according to a new study published in the February 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.

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