The promise of circulating tumor DNA in head and neck cancer

SS Aulakh, DA Silverman, K Young, SK Dennis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Head and neck cancer remains a challenging and deadly disease as it is
often identified in more advanced stages due to limitations in screening and surveillance …

Emerging precision diagnostics in advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

G Geidel, I Heidrich, J Kött, SW Schneider… - NPJ Precision …, 2022 - nature.com
Advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) encompasses unresectable and
metastatic disease. Although immune checkpoint inhibition has been approved for this entity …

Cancer progression gene expression profiling identifies the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor as a biomarker of metastasis in cutaneous squamous cell …

E Minaei, SA Mueller, B Ashford, AS Thind… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) of the head and neck region is the second
most prevalent skin cancer, with metastases to regional lymph nodes occurring in 2%–5% of …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic evidence suggests that cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinomas can arise from squamous dysplastic precursors

PW Harms, ME Verhaegen, K Hu, SM Hrycaj… - Modern Pathology, 2022 - Elsevier
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma
without a known dysplastic precursor. In some cases, MCC is associated with SCCIS in the …

Invasive squamous cell carcinomas and precursor lesions on UV-exposed epithelia demonstrate concordant genomic complexity in driver genes

L Lazo de la Vega, N Bick, K Hu, SE Rahrig… - Modern …, 2020 - nature.com
Although squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) are the most frequent human solid tumor at
many anatomic sites, the driving molecular alterations underlying their progression from …

[HTML][HTML] Mutational patterns in metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

SA Mueller, MEA Gauthier, B Ashford, R Gupta… - Journal of investigative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma from the head and neck typically metastasize to the
lymph nodes of the neck and parotid glands. When a primary is not identified, they are …

Next-generation sequencing in dermatology

AD King, H Deirawan, PA Klein, B Dasgeb… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decade, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) has advanced our
understanding, diagnosis, and management of several areas within dermatology. NGS has …

Molecular alterations in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts—A systematic review

DA Tsang, SYC Tam, CC Oh - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common
form of skin cancer worldwide. Due to its high mutational burden, cSCC remains poorly …

Whole genome analysis reveals the genomic complexity in metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

AS Thind, B Ashford, D Strbenac, J Mitchell… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) is a highly morbid disease requiring
radical surgery and adjuvant therapy, which is associated with a poor prognosis. Yet …

High-Dimensional and Spatial Analysis Reveals Immune Landscape–Dependent Progression in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

AL Ferguson, AR Sharman, RO Allen, T Ye, JH Lee… - Clinical cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: The tumor immune microenvironment impacts the biological behavior of the tumor,
but its effect on clinical outcomes in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas …