PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - ANDERS NÄSMAN AU - CINZIA BERSANI AU - DAVID LINDQUIST AU - JUAN DU AU - TORBJÖRN RAMQVIST AU - TINA DALIANIS TI - Human Papillomavirus and Potentially Relevant Biomarkers in Tonsillar and Base of Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma DP - 2017 Oct 01 TA - Anticancer Research PG - 5319--5328 VI - 37 IP - 10 4099 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/37/10/5319.short 4100 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/37/10/5319.full SO - Anticancer Res2017 Oct 01; 37 AB - Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive tonsillar- and base of tongue cancer is increasing epidemically and has much better outcome than corresponding HPV-negative cancer and most other head and neck cancers with around 80% 3-year disease free survival with conventional radiotherapy and surgery. Consequently, most HPV-positive cancer patients may not require the intensified chemoradiotherapy given to many head and neck cancer patients and would, with tapered treatment, avoid several severe side-effects. Moreover, intensified therapy has not improved survival and treatment alternatives are needed. To identify patients eligible for tapered or targeted therapy, additional biomarkers are required. Several studies have, therefore, focused on finding predictive markers, some of which are also potentially targetable. To conclude, better-tailored therapy, either as tapered or targeted, is important for increasing numbers of patients with HPV-positive tonsillar- and base of tongue cancer. This review deals with some of these issues and presents some promising markers.