A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine has shown that up to half of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will experience tumor recurrence or new tumors, which often spread and are difficult to treat (J Exp Med. 2021;218:e20200944). The team of researchers, led by the University of Michigan School […]
Study finds genetic alterations act together to produce more aggressive tumors in head and neck cancers.
Predicting the aggressiveness of oral cancers in humans could help tailor appropriate treatment and optimize outcomes, similar to the current approach to other cancer types such as breast cancer. However, to date, no diagnostic test is available that can predict the aggressiveness of oral cancer in humans. But that soon may change. Results of a […]
Otolaryngologists gain better understanding of causes, therapeutic options behind progressive hearing loss in children
The genome project sequenced all three billion base pairs of human DNA, revealing the instructions cells need to build all the proteins in the body. But that was just a warm-up, according to Thomas C. Spelsberg, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.