ArticleNPJ precision oncology2024
Acquired resistance to immunotherapy and chemoradiation in MYC amplified head and neck cancer.
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- MYC in Oncogenesis and Therapeutic Implications.MedComm · 2026Review
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- Genomic and Immune Landscape of Recurrent and/or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Progressing on Anti-PD-1 Treatment.Cancer immunology research · 2026Article
- Molecular Mechanisms in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Integrative Roles of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts, Immune Microenvironment, and Precision Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Predictive Molecular Biomarkers in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- 2-O-Methylmagnolol suppresses oral squamous cell carcinoma progression by targeting c-MYC signaling.Journal of dental sciences · 2026Article
- MYC at the tumor-immune interface: mechanisms of immune escape and immunotherapy resistance.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Leveraging Synergy: A Review of the Therapeutic Potential of SN-38 and Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Breast and Prostate Cancer Treatment.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- MYO1B promotes radioresistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by regulating tumor stemness and DNA damage repair via the PI3K/AKT pathway.Cancer cell international · 2025Article
- Squamocin Suppresses Tumor Growth through Triggering an Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Associated Degradation of EZH2/MYC Axis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- PD-L1/PD-1 Expression in the Treatment of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders: An Overview of Reviews.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- MYC Overexpression Enhances Sensitivity to MEK Inhibition in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Targeting protein synthesis pathways in MYC-amplified medulloblastoma.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Epigenetic regulation of CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Nivolumab resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients and future perspectives.Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
The proto-oncogene MYC encodes a nuclear transcription factor that has an important role in a variety of cellular processes, such as cell cycle progression, proliferation, metabolism, adhesion, apoptosis, and therapeutic resistance. MYC amplification is consistently observed in aggressive forms of several solid malignancies and correlates with poor prognosis and distant metastases. While the tumorigenic effects of MYC in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are well known, the molecular mechanisms by which the amplification of this gene may confer treatment resistance, especially to immune checkpoint inhibitors, remains under-investigated. Here we present a unique case of a patient with recurrent/metastatic (R/M) HNSCC who, despite initial response to nivolumab-based treatment, developed rapidly progressive metastatic disease after the acquisition of MYC amplification. We conducted comparative transcriptomic analysis of this patient's tumor at baseline and upon progression to interrogate potential molecular processes through which MYC may confer resistance to immunotherapy and/or chemoradiation and used TCGA-HNSC dataset and an institutional cohort to further explore clinicopathologic features and key molecular networks associated with MYC amplification in HNSCC. This study highlights MYC amplification as a potential mechanism of immune checkpoint inhibitor resistance and suggest its use as a predictive biomarker and potential therapeutic target in R/M HNSCC.
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