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ReviewCancer biology & therapy2010

The molecular pathogenesis of head and neck cancer.

Jonah D Klein, Jennifer R Grandis

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Review in Cancer biology & therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: current and emerging therapeutic strategies.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  7. Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer.Cancer treatment and research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jonah D KleinDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Eye and Ear Institute Building, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jennifer R Grandis

Funding

WILD TYPE P53-BASED ADJUVANT IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SCCHNP50CA097190 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Heath Devin Skinner, Jose P. Zevallos · 2004 to 2026
$49.6M
STAT-Mediated TGFalpha EGFR Signaling in squamous cell carcinoma of head neckR01CA077308 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRANDIS, JENNIFER RUBIN · 1998 to 2018
$5.0M
GRPR Signaling in SCCHN: Integration with EGFRR01CA098372 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRANDIS, JENNIFER RUBIN · 2004 to 2017
$3.8M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA 097190NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097190NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077308NCI NIH HHS R01 CA098372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck cancer arises from a series of molecular alterations progressive from dysplasia to carcinoma in situ, and finally invasive carcinoma. Risk factors associated with head and neck cancer include tobacco, alcohol and viral infection. There are genetic alterations in pre-cancerous cells that contribute to transformation. The accumulation of these alterations facilitates tumor development. Additionally, the tumor microenvironment enables tumor progression. The cooperative effect of molecular alterations in the tumor cells and compensatory microenvironment changes enable tumors to invade and metastasize. This review focuses on the genes and molecules altered during the progression of head and neck cancer with an emphasis on the genetic, molecular and phenotypic changes during the pathogenesis of head and neck cancer. Therapeutic strategies that target key changes in the tumor cells and/or stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment are discussed.

Indexed as

MutationAlcohol DrinkingCarcinoma, Squamous CellDisease ProgressionFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleRisk FactorsSmokingTumor Virus Infections

Identifiers

PMID20038820
PMCPMC3138532

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