Abstract
Program Description:
The near-epidemic rise of the incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal carcinomas presents the practitioner with a “new” head and neck cancer patient, vastly different from those with the traditional risk factors who formed the basis of our training experience. Accordingly, a thorough and disease-specific evaluation process is necessitated. Using a case-based format and the following presentations from experts in the field, this miniseminar will review the evaluation of the HPV-related cancer patient: The HPV oropharyngeal cancer epidemic: surgeon’s perspective, role of imaging, evaluation of the neck mass, evaluation of the primary questions every patient wants to ask.
Educational Objectives:
1) Recognize the key clinical, epidemiological and pathologic features differentiating HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer from cancers related to traditional risk factors. 2) Implement a consistent, efficient, and evidence-based evaluation process for the increasing number of patients presenting with oropharyngeal cancers that may be HPV related. 3) Acknowledge and prepare for patient questions related to the viral etiology of HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer.
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