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. 2021 Aug 23;112(10):4404–4417. doi: 10.1111/cas.15105

TABLE 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with oropharyngeal cancer stratified by human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) DNA load

HPV DNA HPV DNAlow HPV DNAhigh/medium
  n (%) n (%) P valuea n (%) P valueb P valuec
Sex .328 .004 .322
Male 41 (93) 13 (81) 19 (66)
Female 3 (7) 3 (19) 10 (34)
Age .940 .027 .081
Mean (range) 68.6 (54‐87) 68.8 (59‐85) 62.2 (37‐90)
Smoking .743 .003 .004
<20 pack‐yearsd 3 (7) 0 (0) 8 (28)
≥20 pack‐years 34 (77) 14 (88) 11 (38)
Never 7 (16) 2 (13) 10 (34)
Alcohol consumption .129 .001 .582
<60 units of sake indexe 9 (20) 5 (31) 9 (31)
≥60 units of sake index 29 (66) 6 (38) 7 (24)
Never 6 (14) 5 (31) 13 (45)
Tumor localization .849 .003 .072
Palatine tonsil 22 (50) 10 (63) 26 (90)
Base of tongue 13 (30) 3 (19) 2 (7)
Soft palate and uvula 4 (9) 1 (6) 1 (3)
Posterior wall of oropharynx 5 (11) 2 (13) 0 (0)
cT stagef .108 .211 .463
Tis 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0)
T1 5 (11) 0 (0) 4 (14)
T2 14 (32) 10 (63) 16 (55)
T3 16 (36) 2 (13) 5 (17)
T4a 8 (18) 4 (25) 4 (14)
T4b 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
cN stagef .360 .01 .080
N0 16 (36) 4 (25) 2 (7)
N1 8 (18) 1 (6) 8 (28)
N2a 1 (2) 0 (0) 2 (7)
N2b 8 (18) 5 (31) 13 (45)
N2c 9 (21) 3 (19) 3 (10)
N3 2 (5) 3 (19) 1 (3)
Treatment .341 .471 .732
Surgery 11 (25) 1 (6) 4 (14)
Surgery with RT or CRT 13 (30) 8 (50) 9 (31)
RT 7 (16) 2 (13) 3 (10)
CRT 13 (30) 5 (31) 12 (41)
Palliative care 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3)

Bold indicates significant values.

Abbreviations: cN, clinical nodal; CRT, chemoradiation therapy; cT, clinical tumor; RT, radiation therapy.

a

P value, HPV DNA‐negative group compared with HPV DNA low‐positive group.

b

P value, HPV DNA‐negative group compared with HPV DNA high/medium‐positive group.

c

P value, HPV DNA low‐positive group compared with HPV DNA high/medium‐positive group.

d

One pack‐year is defined as the equivalent of smoking one pack of 20 cigarettes per day for 1 year.

e

One unit of sake index is defined as the equivalent of drinking 22 g alcohol per day for 1 year.

f

Determined based on the 7th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer/UICC TNM classification.