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Glenn J. Hanna, MD, on Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Detecting Occult Recurrence

2022 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium

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Glenn J. Hanna, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, discusses findings that show human papillomavirus circulating tumor DNA (HPV ctDNA) may be useful as part of surveillance monitoring of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Dr. Hanna reports that 93% of patients who had no clinical evidence of disease developed a positive HPV ctDNA test during surveillance follow-up and subsequently had confirmed disease recurrence.



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