Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: Oropharynx and Nasopharynx

Cécile Badoual

doi:10.1007/s12105-022-01449-2

Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: Oropharynx and Nasopharynx

Head Neck Pathol. 2022 Mar;16(1):19-30. doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01449-2. Epub 2022 Mar 21.

Author

Cécile Badoual¹

Affiliation

¹ Service d'Anatomo-Pathologie, Department of Pathology, Hôpital Européen G Pompidou, APHP, Université de Paris, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France. [email protected].

Abstract

The new WHO classification of head and neck tumors provides a comprehensive overview of lesions by summarizing their clinical, epidemiological, histological, immunohistochemical, molecular and genetic features. The chapters related to the description of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal lesions have thus been largely modified.

Keywords: EBV; HPV; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Oropharyngeal carcinoma; WHO classification.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Humans
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
World Health Organization