title: Stereotactic body radiotherapy for treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue associated with human papilloma virus: a case report.
abstract: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has emerged as a treatment for recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in the field of prior radiation. We report a case of its use in an human papilloma virus (HPV) positive patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the right base of tongue. The patient had complete response to treatment and modest toxicities were noted. This represents encouraging results that SBRT is also useful for salvage in patients with HPV positive disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neupane
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lominska
authors.forename: Yelizaveta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shnayder
keywords: HPV; SBRT; oropharyngeal cancer; recurrence; tongue neoplasms