Patient experience and anxiety during and after treatment for an HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer

Recognition that human papillomavirus (HPV) causes a growing subset of oropharyngeal cancers is a relatively recent phenomenon. While the psychosocial implications of diagnosis with HPV have been extensively studied in people with HPV-related cervical pre-malignancy and malignancy, analogous literature for head and neck cancer is lacking. A 2005 report by the Institute of Medicine highlighted the importance of examining psychosocial issues in head and neck cancer patients [1]. Building upon this recommendation, the National Cancer Institute Steering Committee Clinical Trial Planning Meeting in 2011 [2] recognized the unique and important social issues raised by HPV-related head and neck cancers, and called for studies to help establish standards of care for this unique patient population.

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