ArticleCancer letters2023
Circulating tumor cell abundance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma decreases with successful chemoradiation and cetuximab treatment.
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- Window-of-Opportunity Study Utilizing Preoperative Cetuximab in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.Cancer research communications · 2026Article
- Preoperative circulating tumor cells integrated with imaging analysis for prognostic evaluation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Molecular oncology · 2026Article
- The role of liquid biopsy in the molecular characterization of HPV-related cancers.Folia microbiologica · 2026Review
- Liquid Biopsies in HNSCC: Current Landscape and Emerging Opportunities in the Era of HPV Stratification.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- 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
- Circulating tumour cells and circulating tumour DNA in head and neck cancer: from molecular insights to clinical impact.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2025Review
- Salivary and Serum Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for HPV-Associated Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A dual-branch deep learning network for circulating tumor cells classification.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- The correlation between epithelial-mesenchymal transition classification and MMP2 expression of circulating tumor cells and prognosis of advanced or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2025Article
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- Advancements in Circulating Tumor Cell Research: Bridging Biology and Clinical Applications.Cancers · 2024Review
- Liquid biopsy: from concept to clinical application.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Single-Cell Molecular Profiling of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Five Dysregulated Signaling Pathways Associated With Circulating Tumor Cells.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a common and deadly cancer. Circulating tumor cell (CTC) abundance may a valuable, prognostic biomarker in low- and intermediate-risk patients. However, few technologies have demonstrated success in detecting CTCs in these populations. We prospectively collected longitudinal CTC counts from two cohorts of patients receiving treatments at our institution using a highly sensitive device that purifies CTCs using biomimetic cell rolling and dendrimer-conjugated antibodies. In patients with intermediate risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive HNSCC, elevated CTC counts were detected in 13 of 14 subjects at screening with a median of 17 CTC/ml (range 0.2-2986.5). A second cohort of non-metastatic, HPV- HNSCC subjects received cetuximab monotherapy followed by surgical resection. In this cohort, all subjects had elevated baseline CTC counts median of 73 CTC/ml (range 5.4-332.9) with statistically significant declines during treatment. Interestingly, two patients with recurrent disease had elevated CTC counts during and following treatment, which also correlated with growth of size and ki67 expression in the primary tumor. The results suggest that our device may be a valuable tool for evaluating the success of less intensive treatment regimens.
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