The changing therapeutic landscape of head and neck cancer

JD Cramer, B Burtness, QT Le, RL Ferris - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
Head and neck cancers are a heterogeneous collection of malignancies of the upper
aerodigestive tract, salivary glands and thyroid. In this Review, we primarily focus on the …

Immunotherapy for head and neck cancer: Recent advances and future directions

JD Cramer, B Burtness, RL Ferris - Oral oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Three randomized phase III trials have now conclusively proven that exposure to a PD-1
inhibitor prolongs survival in recurrent/metastatic (R/M) HNSCC, and it is clear that such …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity of the head and neck squamous cell carcinoma immune landscape and its impact on immunotherapy

M Canning, G Guo, M Yu, C Myint… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are highly aggressive, multi-factorial
tumors in the upper aerodigestive tract affecting more than half a million patients worldwide …

Immunology and immunotherapy of head and neck cancer

RL Ferris - Journal of clinical oncology, 2015 - ascopubs.org
The immune system plays a key role in the development, establishment, and progression of
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). A greater understanding of the …

The emerging role of B cells in tumor immunity

P Tsou, H Katayama, EJ Ostrin, SM Hanash - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
There is increasing evidence supporting a role for B cells in tumor immunology.
Paraneoplastic syndromes occurring before a cancer diagnosis have pointed to the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and future directions in clinical management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

J Muzaffar, S Bari, K Kirtane, CH Chung - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Even with recent advances, there are urgent needs for novel therapies to
improve overall survival and decrease toxicities in the management of head and neck …

[HTML][HTML] Personalized dendritic cell vaccines—recent breakthroughs and encouraging clinical results

B Mastelic-Gavillet, K Balint, C Boudousquie… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
With the advent of combined immunotherapies, personalized dendritic cell (DC)-based
vaccination could integrate the current standard of care for the treatment of a large variety of …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of immunotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC): anti-tumor immunity and clinical applications

P Economopoulou, C Perisanidis… - Annals of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) carries a poor prognosis, with low
survival rates for advanced stage tumors and minimal improvement in survival trends …

Therapeutic targeting of p53: all mutants are equal, but some mutants are more equal than others

K Sabapathy, DP Lane - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018 - nature.com
TP53, which encodes the tumour-suppressor protein p53, is the most frequently mutated
gene across all cancer types. The presence of mutant p53 predisposes to cancer …

Therapeutic targeting of tumor suppressor genes

LGT Morris, TA Chan - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Carcinogenesis is a multistep process attributable to both gain‐of‐function mutations in
oncogenes and loss‐of‐function mutations in tumor suppressor genes. Currently, most …