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Oncology

Virginia Commonwealth University

2015

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The Role Of Noxa/Mcl-1 In Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Hnscc) Treatment, June Young Lee Jan 2015

The Role Of Noxa/Mcl-1 In Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Hnscc) Treatment, June Young Lee

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Head and neck cancer is the sixth leading type of cancer with 90 percent of head and neck cancer arising from squamous cell lining on the epithelium of the oral and nasal cavity, pharynx, and salivary gland. Even with tremendous achievements on chemotherapeutic drugs and therapies, the long-term prognosis of patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has shown little improvement over the last three decades. Cisplatin is one of widely used chemotherapeutic drugs for multiple


cancers, including head and neck cancer, but the prolonged use of this drug is limited by its toxicity and by the …