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New Article! New England Journal of Medicine!

Irishgypsie
Irishgypsie CSN Member Posts: 333
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Hey, I also wanted to share that there is a new article from the New England journal of medicine from July 1, 2010. It talks about HPV+16 tumors and Survival stats for those of you who are interested. N Engl J med 2010; 363:24-35
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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 CSN Member Posts: 8,305 Member
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    Interesting
    They are finally getting some updated studies....
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  • Joel4
    Joel4 CSN Member Posts: 263 Member
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    Skiffin16 said:

    Interesting
    They are finally getting some updated studies....

    Thanks
    Pretty good read and nice news for us HPV positive folks.
    I know my SCC of unknown primary tested positive for HPV but I don't recall if it was 16 or not.....hmmmm, I'll have to ask.
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  • delnative
    delnative CSN Member Posts: 450 Member
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    Joel4 said:

    Thanks
    Pretty good read and nice news for us HPV positive folks.
    I know my SCC of unknown primary tested positive for HPV but I don't recall if it was 16 or not.....hmmmm, I'll have to ask.

    Thanks for posting that
    I was diagnosed on July 11, 2008. My doc at Johns Hopkins, who's been involved in a lot of research on HPV-related H&N cancer, told me that the then-current figures were something like a 90 percent three-year survival rate for HPV-pos patients, but that some more recent research was showing it in the low 80s percentile. Sounds like that's the latest word.

    --Jim, HPV-pos in Delaware
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