2022
Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Analysis in Pathologically High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Negative Head and Neck Cancer From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial: NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0234
Michikawa C, Torres-Saavedra P, Silver N, Harari P, Kies M, Rosenthal D, Le Q, Jordan R, Duose D, Mallampati S, Trivedi S, Luthra R, Wistuba I, Osman A, Lichtarge O, Foote R, Parvathaneni U, Hayes D, Pickering C, Myers J. Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Analysis in Pathologically High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Negative Head and Neck Cancer From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial: NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0234. Advances In Radiation Oncology 2022, 7: 100989. PMID: 36420184, PMCID: PMC9677209, DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.100989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-free survivalCisplatin armDocetaxel armOverall survivalPrognostic markerRadiation therapyHigh-risk pathologic featuresHuman papillomavirus-negative headPhase 2 clinical trialPhase 2 studyBetter overall survivalLow-risk groupReliable prognostic markersEvolutionary action scoreAdvanced HNSCCAdjuvant treatmentResection samplesClinical outcomesDistant metastasisPathologic featuresPoor outcomeNeck cancerClinical trialsTreatment outcomesBetter survival
2013
High intratumor genetic heterogeneity is related to worse outcome in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Mroz EA, Tward AD, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Ferris RL, Rocco JW. High intratumor genetic heterogeneity is related to worse outcome in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2013, 119: 3034-3042. PMID: 23696076, PMCID: PMC3735618, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutant-allele tumor heterogeneityNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaHigher mutant allele tumor heterogeneityClinical outcomesCell carcinomaWorse outcomesHigh-risk patientsWorse clinical outcomesOverall survival dataShorter overall survivalAdverse treatment outcomesTumor protein p53 (TP53) mutationsHigh genetic heterogeneityGenetic heterogeneityOverall survivalPrognostic valueAdverse outcomesHuman papillomavirusPatient cohortTreatment outcomesIndividual patientsHigh riskPatientsAdvanced stage