Genetic landscape of metastatic and recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Hedberg ML, Goh G, Chiosea SI, Bauman JE, Freilino ML, Zeng Y, Wang L, Diergaarde BB, Gooding WE, Lui VW, Herbst RS, Lifton RP, Grandis JR. Genetic landscape of metastatic and recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2015, 126: 169-180. PMID: 26619122, PMCID: PMC4701554, DOI: 10.1172/jci82066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCarcinoma, Squamous CellDasatinibDiscoidin Domain ReceptorsFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansInositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate ReceptorsLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, MitogenSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckConceptsDiscoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2Neck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaRecurrent tumorsWhole-exome sequencingSynchronous lymphCell carcinomaPrimary tumorDDR2 mutationsTumor pairsSrc family kinase inhibitorRecurrent/metastatic HNSCCPrimary index tumorSynchronous nodal metastasesHalf of patientsReceptor tyrosine kinase 2Tyrosine kinase 2American Cancer SocietyIndex primary tumorPotential therapeutic targetPrecision medicine approachLong-term survivalRespective primary tumorsSomatic nucleotide variantsNational Cancer Institute