2023
Noncanonical HPV carcinogenesis drives radiosensitization of head and neck tumors
Schrank T, Kothari A, Weir W, Stepp W, Rehmani H, Liu X, Wang X, Sewell A, Li X, Tasoulas J, Kim S, Yarbrough G, Xie Y, Flamand Y, Marur S, Hayward M, Wu D, Burtness B, Anderson K, Baldwin A, Yarbrough W, Issaeva N. Noncanonical HPV carcinogenesis drives radiosensitization of head and neck tumors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2216532120. PMID: 37523561, PMCID: PMC10410762, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216532120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNF-κB-related genesEstrogen receptor alpha expressionDeintensification of therapyTreatment-related morbidityTumor-infiltrating CD4Receptor alpha expressionHPV carcinogenesisRadiosensitization of headOncogenic subtypesPIK3CA alterationsHNSCC tumorsPatient outcomesNeck tumorsT cellsTreatment responseHNSCC cellsTherapeutic intensityAtypical featuresIndependent cohortAlpha expressionNF-κBActive tumorTNF receptorTumorsPatient data
2012
Nuclear epidermal growth factor receptor and p16 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Husain H, Psyrri A, Markovic A, Rampias T, Pectasides E, Wang H, Slebos R, Yarbrough WG, Burtness B, Chung CH. Nuclear epidermal growth factor receptor and p16 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The Laryngoscope 2012, 122: 2762-2768. PMID: 23086695, PMCID: PMC3574977, DOI: 10.1002/lary.23647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaP16 expressionGrowth factor receptorPrognostic factorsCell carcinomaNuclear epidermal growth factor receptorEGFR expressionP16-positive tumorsFactor receptorP16-negative tumorsStrong prognostic factorP16 levelsAvailable clinical dataHigh EGFR expressionP16 statusHNSCC tumorsOropharyngeal subsitesClinical dataImmunohistochemical stainingTissue microarrayUMSCC47More DNA damagePatients