Emerging insights into recurrent and metastatic human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Objective To review recent literature on human papillomavirus‐related (HPV‐positive) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPC) and focus on implications of recurrent and metastatic disease. Methods Primary articles from 1990 to 2016 indexed in MEDLINE (1) pertaining to the epidemiology of HPV‐positive OPC and (2) providing clinical insight into recurrent and metastatic OPC. Results The incidence of HPV‐positive OPC is increasing globally....