Jose P. Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS

Zevallos says that while HPV-positive oropharyngeal SCC has a positive outcome for patients, smoking status should be taken into account for these patients when making a decision to deintensify therapy.

Zevallos says the study consisted of 66 patients and found that there were distinct genomic differences between HPV-positive smokers and non-smokers.