Impact of smoking on stage‐specific survival in human papilloma virus–associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract

The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) released a new staging system for human papilloma virus (HPV) positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) in their eighth edition. The role of smoking in HPV positive oropharyngeal cancer remains controversial and is not factored into the updated staging system.