Association of the 3'-untranslated region KRAS-variant with cisplatin resistance in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Weidhaas J, Lee J, Slebos R, Howard J, Perez J, Gilbert J, Nallur S, Paranjape T, Garcia J, Burtness B, Forastiere A, Chung C. Association of the 3'-untranslated region KRAS-variant with cisplatin resistance in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 31: 6016-6016. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.6016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaKRAS-variantMetastatic headCell carcinomaP16/HPV statusRecurrent/metastatic headPoor progression-free survivalCisplatin resistanceHuman papillomavirus (HPV) statusProgression-free survivalTG/GGM HNSCCTumor DNA samplesHPV statusPatient demographicsHNSCC patientsClinical outcomesPoor outcomePoor prognosisPrognostic significancePredictive biomarkersClinical trialsProspective validationPromising biomarker