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. 2013 May 1;13:220. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-220

Table 5.

Second primary malignancy and recurrence (local/distant) by HPV status

HPV status
All cases
Site of recurrence
Second Primary Malignancy (SPM)
    None H&N DM HN + DM No SPM SPM H&N Other SPM
‘True’ negatives (Group 1) p16 negative, PCR & ISH negative
59
39
15
4
1
51
1
7
‘Equivocal' (Group 2) p16 negative, PCR &/or ISH positive
6
4
1
1
0
5
0
1
‘True’ positives (Group 3) p16 positive, PCR &/or ISH positive
69
57
8
4
0
61
3
5
‘Equivocal' (Group 4) p16 positive, PCR & ISH negative
4
2
1
1
0
4
0
0
Total 138 102 25 10 1 121 4 13

Head and Neck (H&N), Distant Metastases (DM), Second Primary Malignancy (SPM).