Published August 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Prevalence and characteristics of HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer in France

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LPP - Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie - UMR 7018 (LPP) ; Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR)
Centre d'Investigation Clinique - Epidemiologie Clinique / Essais Cliniques Bordeaux ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Institut Curie [Paris]
Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine - Alexis Vautrin [Nancy] (UNICANCER/ICL) ; UNICANCER
ORL et Chirurgie cervico-faciale pédiatrique - [Hôpitaux Timone et Nord - APHM] ; Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)- Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM]
Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer Antoine Lacassagne [Nice] (UNICANCER/CAL) ; UNICANCER-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
Service d'ORL, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac (CHRU de Montpellier) ; Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)
Laboratoire d'ingénierie osteo-articulaire et dentaire (LIOAD) ; Université de Nantes (UN)-IFR26-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Rennes]
Centre Régional de Lutte contre le cancer Georges-François Leclerc [Dijon] (UNICANCER/CRLCC-CGFL) ; UNICANCER
Institut Claudius Regaud
Centre Paul Strauss ; CRLCC Paul Strauss
CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe]
Département de cancérologie cervico-faciale [Gustave Roussy] (CCF) ; Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR)
Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer Oscar Lambret [Lille] (UNICANCER/Lille) ; Université de Lille-UNICANCER
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)
Pathogénèse et contrôle des infections chroniques (PCCI) ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (CHU Montpellier )

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Background: France has one of the highest incidence of head and neck cancers in Europe. Despite this, the epidemiological impact of high-risk human papilloma virus (HR-HPV) remains poorly investigated.Methods: we prospective assessed the proportion of oropharyngeal cancers due to HR-HPV in 15 hospitals throughout France. HPV-status was determined by p16-immunohistochemistry, and by detection of HPV-DNA using in situ hybridization. Cancers were classified as HPV-driven if both p16-immunohistochemistry and HPV-DNA assays were positive. Demographical and clinical features were recorded.Results: 291 patients with palatine-tonsil or tongue-base cancers were recruited from March-2011 to July-2012. Of these, 43.1% of samples were p16-positive and 37.7% were positive for both p16 and HPV-DNA. Prognosis was significantly better in patients with HPV-driven cancers, with smoking negatively impacting patients' oncological outcomes.Conclusion: in France, more than a third of tonsillar and tongue base cancers are HPV-driven. More research concerning the evolution of HPV-driven cancers over time is needed.

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