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EGFR as a biomarker of smoking status and survival in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Shanmugappiriya SivarajahMorris KostiukCameron LindsayLakshmi PuttaguntaDaniel A O'ConnellJeffrey HarrisHadi SeikalyVincent L Biron
Published in: Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale (2019)
Total EGFR tumor levels are predictive of 5-year DSS. EGFR levels correlate with. smoking and could be an objective marker for this disease etiology.
Keyphrases
  • small cell lung cancer
  • epidermal growth factor receptor
  • tyrosine kinase
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • smoking cessation
  • lymph node metastasis
  • radiation therapy
  • rectal cancer