ReviewCancers2021
Immuno-Oncological Biomarkers for Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck: Current State of the Art and Future Perspectives.
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- Prognostic Significance of PD-L1 Expression In Patients With Primary Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Pooled it
- Understanding the Lymph Node Microenvironment in Metastatic and Non-Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Redefining oropharyngeal cancer in the HPV era: integrating precision medicine and immunotherapeutic frontiers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- LILRB1 Is a Prognostic-Related Biomarker Correlated With Immune Infiltration in Head-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Electrochemotherapy Treatment for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip: A Case Report.International medical case reports journal · 2026Article
- Immuno-Oncology at the Crossroads: Confronting Challenges in the Quest for Effective Cancer Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapy with atezolizumab: a new paradigm in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Discover oncology · 2025Review
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- The pursuit of novel head and neck cancer biomarkers - tissue and blood expression of chloride intracellular channels family.PloS one · 2025Article
- Cancer Microenvironment Defines Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Density and Tertiary Lymphoid Structure Formation in Laryngeal Cancer.Head and neck pathology · 2023Article
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- Prognostic value of CD103Oral oncology · 2022Article
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- Concordance, Correlation, and Clinical Impact of Standardized PD-L1 and TIL Scoring in SCCHN.Cancers · 2022Article
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- Value of a Signature of Immune-Related Genes in Predicting the Prognosis of Melanoma and Its Responses to Immune Checkpoint Blocker Therapies.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
The era of immune checkpoint inhibitors has altered the therapeutic landscape in squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN). Our knowledge about the tumor microenvironment has fueled the research in SCCHN, leading to several well-known and less-known prognostic and predictive biomarkers. The clinical staging, p16/HPV status, and PD-L1 expression are currently the main tools for assessing the patients' diagnosis and prognosis. However, several novel biomarkers have been thoroughly investigated, some reaching actual significant clinical contributions. The untangling of the immune infiltrate with the subtyping of tissue-associated tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, tumor-associated macrophages, and circulating blood-based biomarkers are an interesting avenue to be further explored and prospectively assessed. Although PD-L1 expression remains the most important response predictor for immune checkpoint inhibitors, several flaws impede proper assessment such as technical issues, different scoring protocol, and intra-, inter-, and temporal heterogeneity. In addition, the construction of an immune-related gene panel has been proposed as a prognostic and predictive stratification but lacks consensus. Recently, the role of microbioma have also been explored regarding its systemic and antitumor immunity. This review gives a comprehensive overview of the aforementioned topics in SCCHN. To this end, the integration of these clinically advantageous biomarkers via construction of an immunogram or nomogram could be an invaluable tool for SCCHN in future prospects.
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