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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2012 Jun 19;35(6):794–799. doi: 10.1002/hed.23033

Table 4.

Sites of second primary malignancies after index oropharyngeal cancer segregated by HPV serologic status and smoking status.

Site HPV−
HPV+ ever smokers
HPV+ never smokers
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Total second primary malignancies 24 (100) 7 (100) 3 (100)
Head and neck 5 (20.8) 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0)




 Oral cavity 1 1 0
 Oropharynx 1 0 0
 Larynx 2 0 0
 Hypopharynx 1 0 0
Tobacco related 10 (41.7) 1 (14.3) 1 (33.3)




 Lung and bronchus 8 1 1
 Esophagus 1 0 0
 Urinary bladder 1 0 0
Others 9 (37.5) 5 (71.4) 2 (66.7)




 Prostate 3 1 1
 Kidney 1 1 0
 Breast 1 0 0
 Colon 0 1 0
 Thyroid 0 0 1
 Liver 1 0 0
 Endometrium 0 1 0
 Appendix 1 0 0
AML 1 0 0
 Soft tissue 1 0 0
 Unknown 0 1 0

Abbreviations: HPV, human papillomavirus; HPV+, HPV positive; HPV−, HPV negative; AML, acute myeloid leukemia