Hpv Oropharyngeal Cancer. The data visualizations tool makes it easy for anyone to explore and use the latest official federal government cancer data from united states cancer statistics. However patients with hpv positive oropharyngeal cancer may receive different treatments than patients whose oropharyngeal cancers are not caused by hpv.
Hpv vaccines are vaccines that protect against infection with human papillomaviruses hpv. Most people clear hpv within one to two years but hpv infection persists in some people. Hpv is the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancers.
However patients with hpv positive oropharyngeal cancer may receive different treatments than patients whose oropharyngeal cancers are not caused by hpv.
The two types of oropharyngeal cancers are hpv positive oropharyngeal cancer. A new study published early online in cancer a peer reviewed journal of the american cancer society. Oropharyngeal cancer opc also known as tonsil cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells with the potential to both grow locally and spread to other parts of the body are found in the tissue of the part of the throat that includes the base of the tongue the tonsils the soft palate and the walls of the pharynx. Hpv and oral cancer.
