Johns Hopkins University

The University of Texas System

The State University of New York

Simeon Springer

Bert Vogelstein

Kenneth W Kinzler

Nickolas Papadopoulos

Yuxuan Wang

Luis Diaz

Nishant Agrawal

Arthur P Grollman

Joshua Cohen

Samir Hanash

Cristian Tomasetti

Christopher Douville

Anne Marie Lennon

Kathleen Dickman

Georges Jabboure Netto

Rachel Karchin

We queried DNA from saliva or plasma of 93 HNSCC patients, searching for somatic mutations or human papillomavirus genes, collectively referred to as tumor DNA. When both plasma and saliva were tested, tumor DNA was detected in 96% (95% CI, 84% to 99%) of 47 patients. The fractions of patients with detectable tumor DNA in early- and late-stage disease were 100% (n=10) and 95% (n=37), respectively. Saliva is preferentially enriched for tumor DNA from the oral cavity, whereas plasma is preferentially enriched for tumor DNA from the other sites. Tumor DNA in the saliva and plasma is a valuable biomarker for detection of HNSCC.

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma assays

Provided herein are methods and materials for detecting and/or treating subject (e.g. a human) having cancer. In some embodiments, methods and materials for identifying a subject as having cancer (e.g., a localized cancer) are provided in which the presence of member(s) of two or more classes of biomarkers are detected. In some embodiments, methods and materials for identifying a subject as having cancer (e.g. a localized cancer) are provided in which the presence of member(s) of at least one class of biomarkers and the presence of aneuploidy are detected. In some embodiments, methods described herein provide increased sensitivity and/or specificity in the detection of cancer in a subject (e.g. a human).

Methods and materials for assessing and treating cancer

Growing community of inventors

Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Simeon Springer