2020
Identifying predictors of HPV‐related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression and survival through patient‐derived models
Facompre ND, Rajagopalan P, Sahu V, Pearson AT, Montone KT, James CD, Gleber‐Netto F, Weinstein GS, Jalaly J, Lin A, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H, Califano JA, Pickering CR, White EA, Windle BE, Morgan IM, Cohen RB, Gimotty PA, Basu D. Identifying predictors of HPV‐related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression and survival through patient‐derived models. International Journal Of Cancer 2020, 147: 3236-3249. PMID: 32478869, PMCID: PMC7554059, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesErbB ReceptorsExome SequencingFemaleGenetic Association StudiesHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiceMutationNeoplasm TransplantationPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus E7 ProteinsPapillomavirus InfectionsPatient-Specific ModelingPrognosisSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckSurvival AnalysisTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3ConceptsPatient-derived xenograftsTumor mutational burdenPreclinical modelsMutational burdenHuman papilloma virus-related headHigh tumor mutational burdenNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinoma progressionNeck squamous cell carcinoma progressionInadequate preclinical modelsSquamous cell carcinomaDisease recurrence riskPatient-derived modelsLow engraftment rateWhole-exome sequencingViral oncogene functionPrognostic alterationsLocal progressionHPV- patientsCancer Genome AtlasCell carcinomaHPV casesPIK3CA mutationsEngraftment rateLethal outcome
2017
Prevalence of promoter mutations in the TERT gene in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
Chang K, Wang C, Pickering CR, Huang Y, Tsai C, Tsang N, Kao H, Cheng M, Myers JN. Prevalence of promoter mutations in the TERT gene in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Head & Neck 2017, 39: 1131-1137. PMID: 28230921, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellCohort StudiesDisease ProgressionDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsMutationPrevalencePromoter Regions, GeneticReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentStatistics, NonparametricSurvival AnalysisTaiwanTelomeraseConceptsOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaTERT promoter mutationsAdjacent normal tissuesPromoter mutationsSomatic TERT promoter mutationsNormal tissuesC228T mutationTelomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoterT mutationSCC tumor tissuesHuman telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoterC250T mutationsReverse transcriptase promoterCell carcinomaSCC tumorsC228TTumor tissueTERT activityBetel nutTERT promoterTissuePresent studyMutationsSanger method
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