Molecular analyses of unselected head and neck cancer cases demonstrates that human papillomavirus transcriptional activity is positively associated with survival and prognosis

Table 1 Clinical, histopathological and follow-up data for 42 HNSCC patients

T represents size or direct extent of the tumour, N the degree of lymph node spread and M the presence of metastases
^aPathological TNM staging; ^bTwo patients had primary SCC located in EAC; RT, primary radiotherapy; CRT, primary chemoradiotherapy; ^cPost-treatment clinical evaluation was undertaken at ~8-12 weeks [complete response is defined as the disappearance of all detectable disease at the primary site on visual inspection and/or imaging; partial response was defined as tumour reduction by >50 %]

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