HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Arab Populations: Histological Heterogeneity, Regional Evidence, and the Syrian Knowledge Gap
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is biologically and clinically distinct from HPV-independent disease. Classically, HPV-associated OPSCC is nonkeratinizing in morphology, less desmoplastic in stroma, and more lymphoid-rich in background; however, it is increasingly rec...