Heads Up! Predictive Gene Signatures in Head and Neck Cancer May Be Coming Soon.

Chau, Nicole G; Hammerman, Peter S · Clin Cancer Res · 2016

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Abstract

Cetuximab-platinum chemotherapy is used for recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC); however, a minority of patients benefit. Gene expression profiling (GEP) of HNSCCs with prolonged responses to cetuximab-chemotherapy demonstrate basal subtype traits including signatures of EGFR signaling and hypoxic differentiation. GEP of short-response patients show RAS activation. Clin Cancer Res; 22(15); 3710-2. ©2016 AACRSee related article by Bossi et al., p. 3961.

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