HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer: epidemiology, molecular biology and clinical management

M Lechner, J Liu, L Masterson, TR Fenton - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive (HPV+) oropharyngeal squamous cell
carcinoma (OPSCC) has one of the most rapidly increasing incidences of any cancer in high …

B cell function in the tumor microenvironment

SM Downs-Canner, J Meier, BG Vincent… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a heterogeneous, complex organization composed of
tumor, stroma, and endothelial cells that is characterized by cross talk between tumor and …

Improving head and neck cancer therapies by immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment

AT Ruffin, H Li, L Vujanovic, DP Zandberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted immunotherapy has improved patient survival in head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC), but less than 20% of patients produce a durable response to these …

B cell signatures and tertiary lymphoid structures contribute to outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

AT Ruffin, AR Cillo, T Tabib, A Liu, S Onkar… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Current immunotherapy paradigms aim to reinvigorate CD8+ T cells, but the contribution of
humoral immunity to antitumor immunity remains understudied. Here, we demonstrate that in …

Immune landscape of viral-and carcinogen-driven head and neck cancer

AR Cillo, CHL Kürten, T Tabib, Z Qi, S Onkar, T Wang… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) arises through exposure to
environmental carcinogens or malignant transformation by human papillomavirus (HPV) …

Assessing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in solid tumors: a practical review for pathologists and proposal for a standardized method from the International Immuno …

S Hendry, R Salgado, T Gevaert… - Advances in anatomic …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Assessment of the immune response to tumors is growing in importance as the prognostic
implications of this response are increasingly recognized, and as immunotherapies are …

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Genomics and emerging biomarkers for immunomodulatory cancer treatments

B Solomon, RJ Young, D Rischin - Seminars in cancer biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) comprises a heterogeneous group of
tumors that arise from the squamous epithelium of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx and …

Pan-cancer deconvolution of tumour composition using DNA methylation

A Chakravarthy, A Furness, K Joshi, E Ghorani… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The nature and extent of immune cell infiltration into solid tumours are key determinants of
therapeutic response. Here, using a DNA methylation-based approach to tumour cell …

Tumor immunity and immunotherapy for HPV-related cancers

AA Shamseddine, B Burman, NY Lee, D Zamarin… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection drives tumorigenesis in the majority of cervical,
oropharyngeal, anal, and vulvar cancers. Genetic and epidemiologic evidence has …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of tissue-resident memory T cells in human lung cancer

J Clarke, B Panwar, A Madrigal, D Singh… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
High numbers of tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells are associated with better clinical
outcomes in cancer patients. However, the molecular characteristics that drive their efficient …