Abstract

HPV-driven oropharyngeal carcinomas (OPCs) show geographical variations with increasing temporal trends in several areas. We investigated their frequency and clinical outcomes within a prospective multicenter cohort study in North-East Italy. A tumor was defined as HPV-driven by using at least two different biomarkers, usually HPV-DNA positivity and p16INK4A overexpression. Different survival outcomes were compared among patients with HPV-driven and non-HPV-driven tumors. Overall, 42/130 (32.3%) patients with newly diagnosed OPC during the period 2000–2018 resulted HPV-driven; HPV16 was involved in 37 cases (88%), HPV33 in 3 cases (7%), HPV58 and HPV18 in 1 case each. Over time, HPV-driven cases raised from 16.7% (6/36) during 2000–2006 to 46.1% (24/52) during 2013–2018 (p < 0.001). The increase in HPV-driven OPCs was more marked in females than males (p = 0.010), and the frequency of HPV-driven cases was similar in the different age groups. In comparison to cases with non-HPV-driven tumors, a significantly (p < 0.001) better progression-free and overall survival were recorded among patients affected by HPV-driven OPC. The prevalence of HPV-driven OPC cases has been significantly increasing during the last two decades also in North-East Italy and was associated with favorable outcome. OPCs driven by non-HPV16 oncogenic types were restricted to patients older than 68-yrs.

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Title
Age-independent increasing prevalence of Human Papillomavirus-driven oropharyngeal carcinomas in North-East Italy
Author
Annarosa, Del Mistro 1 ; Frayle Helena 1 ; Menegaldo, Anna 2 ; Favaretto Niccolò 3 ; Gori, Silvia 1 ; Nicolai Piero 3 ; Spinato Giacomo 4 ; Romeo Salvatore 5 ; Tirelli Giancarlo 6 ; da Mosto Maria Cristina 2 ; Polesel Jerry 7 ; Boscolo Rizzo Paolo 2 

 Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV – IRCCS, Padova, Italy (GRID:grid.419546.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1808 1697) 
 Department of Neurosciences DNS, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy (GRID:grid.5608.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 3470) 
 Department of Neurosciences DNS, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (GRID:grid.5608.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 3470) 
 Department of Neurosciences DNS, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy (GRID:grid.5608.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 3470); Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Section of Oncology and Immunology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (GRID:grid.5608.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 3470) 
 Anatomical Pathology Unit, San Donà di Piave Hospital, Azienda ULSS 4 Veneto Orientale, San Donà di Piave, Italy (GRID:grid.5608.b) 
 Head and Neck Department, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy (GRID:grid.5608.b) 
 Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Aviano National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy (GRID:grid.414603.4) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2411082530
Copyright
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