Open AccessLOH-profiling by SNP-mapping in a case of multifocal head and neck cancer
Author(s) -
Jens Pfeiffer,
Wolfgang Maier,
Gerd Jürgen Ridder,
Karim Zaoui,
Ralf Birkenhäger
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-4333
DOI - 10.5306/wjco.v3.i2.24
Subject(s) - loss of heterozygosity , germline , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , head and neck cancer , single nucleotide polymorphism , snp array , somatic cell , biology , genetics , germline mutation , gene , cancer research , cancer , medicine , genotype , mutation , allele
To introduce an approach for the detection of putative genetic host factors that predispose patients to develop head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC).