SUBHAYAN SUR^1,*, DIMPLE DAVRAY², SOUMYA BASU¹, SUPRIYA KHEUR³, JAYANTA KUMAR PAL¹, SHUCHI NAGAR², AVINASH SANAP³, BHIMAPPA M. RUDAGI³, SAMIR GUPTA⁴

Oncology Research, Vol.32, No.10, pp. 1589-1612, 2024, DOI:10.32604/or.2024.052120 - 18 September 2024

Abstract Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most prevalent forms of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) with a poor overall survival rate (about 50%), particularly in cases of metastasis. RNA-based cancer biomarkers are a relatively advanced concept, and non-coding RNAs currently have shown promising roles in the detection and treatment of various malignancies. This review underlines the function of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the OSCC and its subsequent clinical implications. LncRNAs, a class of non-coding RNAs, are larger than 200 nucleotides and resemble mRNA in numerous ways. However, unlike mRNA,… More >

GERWIN HELLER^1,*, THORSTEN FUEREDER¹, ALEXANDER MICHAEL GRANDITS¹, ROTRAUD WIESER^1,2,*

Oncology Research, Vol.32, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2024, DOI:10.32604/or.2023.044774 - 15 November 2023

Abstract Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most frequent cancers worldwide. The main risk factors are consumption of tobacco products and alcohol, as well as infection with human papilloma virus. Approved therapeutic options comprise surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy through epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition, and immunotherapy, but outcome has remained unsatisfactory due to recurrence rates of ~50% and the frequent occurrence of second primaries. The availability of the human genome sequence at the beginning of the millennium heralded the omics era, in which rapid technological progress has advanced our knowledge… More >

YI-NONG CHEN^1,#, YING-LIN CHEN^1,#, WAN-MING CHEN^2,3, MINGCHIH CHEN^2,3, BEN-CHANG SHIA^2,3, JENQ-YUH KO^1,4, SZU-YUAN WU^{2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,*}

Oncology Research, Vol.31, No.1, pp. 23-34, 2023, DOI:10.32604/or.2022.028449 - 01 March 2023

Abstract This study aimed to examine the association between the use of H1-antihistamines (AHs) and head and neck cancer (HNC) risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Data from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan were analyzed for the period from 2008 to 2018. A propensity-score-matched cohort of 54,384 patients each in the AH user and nonuser groups was created and analyzed using Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards regression. The results showed that the risk of HNC was significantly lower in AH users (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.48 to More >

FRANCESCO PADUANO^1,2,*, EMANUELA ALTOMARE^2,3, BENEDETTA MARRELLI¹, VINCENZO DATTILO⁴, HAIZAL MOHD HUSSAINI⁵, PAUL ROY COOPER⁵, MARCO TATULLO⁶

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.8, pp. 1827-1835, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.020462 - 22 April 2022

Abstract Oral Cancer (OC) is one of the most recurrent cancers in the head and neck squamous cancer (SCCHN) category. Recently, the genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have gained growing interest in the scientific community. GWAS have identified several pathways involved in the interactions among general risk factors and genomic variants affecting SCCHN. This systematic overview aims to critically evaluate the latest data reported within the scientific literature. The aim was to investigate the impact of genetic aspects on SCCHN onset and prognosis, involving other clinical and systemic co-factors. PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cancer Genetics Web databases More >

Kecheng Zhou^*†1, Jie Chen^*†1, Jiayu Wu^*†1, Yangxinzi Xu^‡, Qiaoyun Wu^*†, Jingjing Yue^*†, Yu Song^§, Shengcun Li^*†, Peng Zhou^¶, Wenzhan Tu^*†, Guanhu Yang^*†, Songhe Jiang^*†

Oncology Research, Vol.27, No.9, pp. 1079-1088, 2019, DOI:10.3727/096504019X15579146061957

Abstract Profilin 2 (PFN2) was found to be mainly expressed in neurons and involved in the development of the brain. In recent years, emerging evidence indicated that PFN2 is also significantly upregulated in various cancers including head and neck cancer (HNSC) and influences cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. However, the role of PFN2 in HNSC development and progression remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of PFN2 in the development of HNSC and its possible molecular mechanisms. Bioinformatics showed that increased expression of PFN2 in tumors correlated highly with poor… More >