Prognostic Significance of Extranodal Extension in HPV‐Mediated Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis
Benchetrit L, Torabi SJ, Givi B, Haughey B, Judson BL. Prognostic Significance of Extranodal Extension in HPV‐Mediated Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis. Otolaryngology 2020, 164: 720-732. PMID: 32838649, DOI: 10.1177/0194599820951176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaExtranodal extensionHazard ratioSystematic reviewHuman papilloma virus-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaPathologic extranodal extensionDisease-specific survivalCohort of patientsRefined risk stratificationSquamous cell carcinomaRadiologic extranodal extensionRandom-effects modelDeintensification trialsCause mortalityDistant recurrenceLocoregional recurrenceOverall survivalOropharyngeal carcinomaPrognostic roleDistant metastasisRisk stratificationPrognostic significanceCell carcinomaPrognostic outcomesObservational study