title: AHNS series: Do you know your guidelines? Management of head and neck cancer in the era of human papillomavirus: Educating our patients on human papillomavirus.
abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) has changed the face of head and neck cancer over the past 2 decades. No longer is this solely a disease of older patients with a history of heavy tobacco and alcohol use. Patients with HPV-related head and neck cancers tend to be younger, healthier, and have an improved prognosis, compared with those with HPV-negative tumors. As more patients are diagnosed with HPV-related head and neck cancer, physicians have important topics to consider. These include prevalence, transmission, and natural history of HPV, the role of screening, vaccines, and HPV testing in head and neck cancer. This article continues a series developed by the American Head and Neck Society's Education Committee entitled "Do you know your guidelines?" and is intended to provide guidance for navigating common questions and concerns patients may have about HPV infection and HPV-related head and neck cancer. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 833-839, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fakhry
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: head and neck cancer; human papillomavirus; oropharyngeal cancers