Treating head and neck cancer in the age of immunotherapy: a 2023 update

A Bhatia, B Burtness - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Most patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) will
present with locally advanced disease, requiring multimodality therapy. While this approach …

Oral mucosal epithelial cells

S Groeger, J Meyle - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cellular Phenotype and Apoptosis: The function of epithelial tissues is the protection of the
organism from chemical, microbial, and physical challenges which is indispensable for …

Malignant transformation of oral submucous fibrosis in Taiwan: a nationwide population‐based retrospective cohort study

PY Yang, YT Chen, YH Wang, NY Su… - Journal of Oral …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is one of the well‐recognized oral potentially
malignant disorders. In this study, we investigated the malignant transformation of OSF in a …

Chronic mechanical irritation enhances the effect of tobacco and alcohol on the risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a case-control study in Argentina

ED Piemonte, JP Lazos, GM Gilligan, RL Panico… - Clinical Oral …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a multifactorial disease. The individual
effect of each risk factor for OSCC may be conditioned by the frequency of other factors. The …

Human papillomavirus infection among head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in southern China

G Ni, K Huang, YI Luan, Z Cao, S Chen, B Ma, J Yuan… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Human papillomavirus (HPV) related tumours account for a significant proportion of head
and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) in developed countries. They respond …

Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of electronic cigarette liquids on human mucosal tissue cultures of the oropharynx

C Welz, M Canis, S Schwenk-Zieger… - Journal of …, 2016 - dl.begellhouse.com
The popularity of electronic cigarettes (ECs) is rapidly growing and ECs are claimed to be an
uncritically regarded alternative to conventional cigarettes. The mucosal tissue of the upper …

The development of a liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers

H Schmidt, A Kulasinghe, L Kenny, C Punyadeera - Oral oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Developing non-invasive diagnostic tools in the field of head and neck oncology has been a
challenge. Analysis of circulating tumour derivatives in a patient's blood has been explored …

Can precancerous stem cells be risk markers for malignant transformation in the oral mucosa?

S Wang, L Ying, SY Yu, J Bai, C Hao - Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 2023 - Springer
Accurate assessment of the carcinogenic potential of oral mucosal diseases can significantly
reduce the prevalence of oral cancer. We speculate that precancerous stem cells (pCSCs) …

Genomic landscape of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma across different anatomic sites in Chinese population

Y Ju, X Wu, H Wang, B Li, Q Long, D Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background The characteristics of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
across different anatomic sites in the Chinese population have not been studied. To …

Burden of diabetes and oral cancer in India

RP Abhinav, J Williams, P Livingston… - Journal of Diabetes and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oral cancer and diabetes are highly prevalent among the Indian population and are part of
the top four non-communicable diseases responsible for mortality and morbidity. Their …