Trial reportHead & neck2023
Tumor immune microenvironment alterations using induction cetuximab in a phase II trial of deintensified therapy for p16-positive oropharynx cancer.
Trial report in Head & neck, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Selection Criteria for De-Escalated Chemoradiotherapy for HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Based on Prognostic Biomarkers or Early Tumor Response to Therapy: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- HPV-specific innovations and controversies in therapeutic strategies for HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Rap2B-mediated reprogramming of the PI3K/AKT signaling axis drives resistance to cetuximab-targeted therapy in colorectal carcinoma.Biological procedures online · 2025Article
- Neoadjuvant therapy-induced immune dynamics and myeloid-associated resistance in advanced head and neck cancer.NPJ precision oncology · 2025Article
- CD8JCO precision oncology · 2024Review
- Multi-kinase compensation rescues EGFR knockout in a cell line model of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Archives of oral biology · 2023Article
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22 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundWe sought to characterize early changes in CD8
methodsTumor biopsies were obtained before and 1 week after a single cetuximab loading dose in eight patients enrolled in a phase II trial of cetuximab and radiotherapy. Changes in CD8
resultsOne week after cetuximab, five patients (62.5%) had an increase in CD8
conclusionsWithin 1 week, cetuximab induced measurable changes in pro-cytotoxic T-cell signaling and immune content.
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