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It is time to improve the diagnostic workup of oropharyngeal cancer with circulating tumor HPV DNA: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

Abstract

The possibility of detecting circulating tumor HPV DNA (ctHPVDNA) in plasma in patients with oropharyngeal cancer has been demonstrated in several reports. However, these data are from small cohorts and available tests for detection of ctHPVDNA are not fully validated. The aim is to evaluate sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ctHPVDNA by ddPCR to define its efficacy in the clinical setting for the diagnosis of HPV + OPSCC. A …

Authors

Paolini F; Campo F; Iocca O; Manciocco V; De Virgilio A; De Pascale V; Moretto S; Dalfino G; Vidiri A; Blandino G

Journal

Head & Neck, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 2945–2954

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

November 2023

DOI

10.1002/hed.27515

ISSN

1043-3074