Nature

Co-option of neck muscles supported the vertebrate water-to-land transition

A major event in vertebrate evolution was the separation of the skull from the pectoral girdle and the acquisition of a functional neck, transitions that required profound developmental rearrangements ...
Nature

Head and neck tumor organoid grown under simplified media conditions model tumor biology and chemoradiation responses

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a prevalent and often fatal malignancy associated with significant treatment-related toxicity. There is an urgent need for a preclinical model to ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Optimizing Radiation in Head and Neck Cancer: Minimizing Adverse Effects

The visual nature of head and neck cancer calls for treatment strategies that will minimize toxicities related to radiation therapy. Advances in precision radiation techniques, supportive care, and ...
Healthline

Is There a Connection Between Head and Neck Cancer and HPV?

In more recent decades, HPV has been shown as a risk factor for developing head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer covers everything from throat, tongue, and tonsil cancer to laryngeal, mouth, and ...
ascopubs.org

Impact of tertiary lymphoid structures in response to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

METTL3 as a potential predictive biomarker for immunotherapy response in metastatic head and neck cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...