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Deficiencies in the Fanconi anemia DNA damage response pathway increase sensitivity to HPV-associated head and neck cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 2010
Park Jung Wook, Pitot Henry C, Strati Katerina, Spardy Nicole, Duensing Stefan, Grompe Markus, Lambert Paul F
Abstract excerpt
Patients with the rare genetic disease, Fanconi anemia (FA), are highly susceptible to squamous cell carcinomas arising at multiple anatomic sites including the head and neck region. Human papillomaviruses (HPVs), particularly HPV16, are associated with ∼20% of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) in the general population. Some but not other investigators have reported that HNSCCs in FA patients are...
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