Genomic Correlate of Exceptional Erlotinib Response in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Eliezer M. Van Allen,
Vivian Wai Yan Lui,
Ann Marie Egloff,
Eva M. Goetz,
Hua Li,
Jonas T. Johnson,
Umamaheswar Duvvuri,
Julie E. Bauman,
Nicolas Stransky,
Yan Zeng,
Breean R. Gilbert,
Kelsey P. Pendleton,
Lin Wang,
Simion I. Chiosea,
Carrie Sougnez,
Nikhil Wagle,
Fan Zhang,
Yu Du,
David A. Close,
Paul A. Johnston,
Aaron McKenna,
Scott L. Carter,
Todd R. Golub,
Gad Getz,
Gordon B. Mills,
Levi A. Garraway,
Jennifer R. Grandis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.846
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2374-2445
pISSN - 2374-2437
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.34
Subject(s) - erlotinib , medicine , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , erlotinib hydrochloride , epidermal growth factor receptor , oncology , lung cancer , cancer , head and neck cancer , cancer research
Randomized clinical trials demonstrate no benefit for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors in unselected patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, a patient with stage IVA HNSCC received 13 days of neoadjuvant erlotinib and experienced a near-complete histologic response.
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