[Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of oropharyngeal cancer]

SummaryIn recent years，human papillomavirus has been proved to be closely related to the occurrence and prognosis of oropharyngeal cancer.The treatment of oropharyngeal cancer has evolved from the primary radiotherapy to the corresponding treatment according to different tumor stages.For patients with advanced oropharyngeal cancer，the treatment strategy is mostly surgery + postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy.Patients are often accompanied by large defects in the surgical area after surgery.With the improvement of head and neck surgical repair technology and the progress of free flap technology，various repair methods can be adopted to repair and reconstruct.