Will Circulating Tumor DNA Help Predict HPV-Related Throat Cancer?

A Keck Medicine of USC head and neck surgeon discusses circulating HPV DNA as a biomarker that could help make more individualized treatment decisions.

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March 24, 2026
5 min

Keck Medicine of USC

Top Institutions in Oncology

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

#1

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA
Key Differentiators
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Oncology
- Molecular Diagnostics
#2

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY
Key Differentiators
- Head and Neck Oncology
- Molecular Pathology
- Translational Cancer Research
#3

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX
Key Differentiators
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Oncology
- Cancer Biomarkers
#4

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD
Key Differentiators
- Otolaryngology
- Head and Neck Oncology
- Molecular Oncology
#5

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center

San Francisco, CA
Key Differentiators
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Oncology
- Molecular Diagnostics