Recently published and ongoing trials are helping to define the role of transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal cancer. Evidence to date supports the use of surgery as a valuable tool in the multidisciplinary deescalation of low-risk human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Keywords: head and neck cancer; human papillomavirus; oropharyngeal cancer; oropharynx; squamous cell carcinoma; transoral robotic surgery.
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