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Despite a steady decline in the incidence of head and neck cancers in the last few decades, the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has shown an overall increase that is largely attributable to the rise in infections with the human papilloma virus (HPV). Oropharyngeal cancer has become the leading site for HPV-associated cancers in humans. Typically, HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer presents in a younger, healthier population with a different set of risk factors and a good prognosis for survival. It is important for physicians and radiologists to become familiar with the features of epidemic HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer, as well as the characteristic imaging finding differences between HPV-associated and non-HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers, which are critical for patient management.
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Fujita, A. (2020). Diagnostic Imaging of Oropharyngeal Cancer. In: Ojiri, H. (eds) Diagnostic Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3188-0_3
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