Auteurs
Etienne-Grimaldi MC - Pereira S - Magné N - Formento JL - Francoual M - Fontana X - Demard F - Dassonville O - Poissonnet G - Santini J - Bensadoun RJ - Szepetowski P - Milano G
Journal
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
Abstract
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in head and neck cancer. The first intron of EGFR gene is polymorphic (9-23 CA repeats) and transcription declines when the number of repeats increases.