Matted nodes: High distant‐metastasis risk and a potential indication for intensification of systemic therapy in human papillomavirus–related oropharyngeal cancer

Abstract

Matted nodes portended dramatically increased distant failure and death risks in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer, identifying a candidate population for consideration of chemo-intensification. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: E805-E814, 2016.