Patients with HPV-negative oropharynx cancer have higher risk of early death

Patients with HPV-negative oropharynx cancer have higher risk of early death

Patients with HPV-negative oropharynx cancer have higher risk of early death

New research indicates that there is a higher risk of early death among patients with oropharynx cancer when not caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), than those whose tumors are HPV-positive.