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Table 5 Second primary malignancy and recurrence (local/distant) by HPV status

From: Human Papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancer: an observational study of diagnosis, prevalence and prognosis in a UK population

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

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