HPV and Head and Neck Cancers

CAROLE FAKHRY Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, USA GYPSYAMBER D’SOUZA Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland, USA

• ​ Anatomical sites and subsites of head and neck cancer.- Epidemiology of oral HPV infection and HPV-associated head and neck cancer.- Frequent behavioural questions with an HPV-positive malignancy of the head and neck.- The molecular biology of HPV-related head and neck cancer.- The diagnosis of HPV-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Recognition of its microscopic appearance and the use of ancillary detection assays.- Clinical management of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer.- The role of vaccines for HPV-related head and neck cancers.- The care of the HPV-negative head and neck cancer patient: Presentation, prognosis, treatment.