{"title":"Manner of speech and its influence on speech understanding in older patients with impaired hearing","authors":"Raymond H Hull","doi":"10.15761/ohns.1000215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/ohns.1000215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91783,"journal":{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67501167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adam R Burr, Paul M Harari, Huaising C Ko, Shuai Chen, Menggang Yu, Andrew M Baschnagel, Randall J Kimple, Matthew E Witek
{"title":"HPV impacts survival of stage IVC non-oropharyngeal HNSCC cancer patients.","authors":"Adam R Burr, Paul M Harari, Huaising C Ko, Shuai Chen, Menggang Yu, Andrew M Baschnagel, Randall J Kimple, Matthew E Witek","doi":"10.15761/OHNS.1000160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/OHNS.1000160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Human papillomavirus (HPV) status is a favorable prognostic marker for patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) and non-metastatic head and neck non-OPSCC. We evaluated the impact of HPV status on overall survival (OS) for patients with Stage IVC non-OPSCC.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Patients diagnosed with Stage IVC non-OPSCC and known HPV status between 2010-2013 were identified in the National Cancer Database. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine factors associated with OS. Propensity score-weighted Kaplan-Meier estimation was used to adjust for confounders in OS analyses. Multiple imputation method was used for sensitivity analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 708 patients with Stage IVC non-OPSCC with 30% being HPV-positive. Unadjusted median survival was 10.3 months for HPV-negative patients and 21.4 months for HPV-positive patients (p<0.0001). Age ≥ 65 and tumor diameter were associated with worse OS (p<0.05) while treatment versus no treatment and HPV-positive status were associated with improved OS on multivariate analysis (p<0.001). Adjusted median survival for patients with HPV-negative and HPV-positive disease was 11.1 months and 23.8 months, respectively (p<0.001). On unadjusted subgroup analysis, patients with HPV-positive oral cavity disease exhibited improved outcomes (p<0.0001) while HPV-positive hypopharynx (p<0.06) and larynx (p<0.12) patients exhibited a trend for improved OS compared to HPV-negative patients. The survival advantage associated with HPV positivity was maintained on sensitivity analysis (p<0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These data demonstrate a clinically meaningful association between HPV status and OS in patients with non-OSPCC presenting with Stage IVC disease. In the absence of randomized data, these findings support active consideration of HPV status in clinical decision making, clinical trial design, and patient counseling regarding prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":91783,"journal":{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15761/OHNS.1000160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36539336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole L. Michmerhuizen, E. Leonard, A. Kulkarni, J. C. Brenner
{"title":"Differential compensation mechanisms define resistance to PI3K inhibitors in PIK3CA amplified HNSCC.","authors":"Nicole L. Michmerhuizen, E. Leonard, A. Kulkarni, J. C. Brenner","doi":"10.15761/OHNS.1000111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/OHNS.1000111","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE Recent sequencing studies of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) have identified the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway as the most frequently mutated, oncogenic pathway in this cancer type. Despite the frequency of activating genomic alterations in PIK3CA (the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of PI3K, targeted inhibitors of PI3K have not shown clinical efficacy as monotherapies. We hypothesized that co-dependent pathways, including the Ras-MEK-ERK pathway, may still be functional in the presence of PI3K inhibitors and might serve as mediators of this resistance. METHODS We assessed the hypothesis using resazurin cell viability and trypan blue exclusion assays. We also used Western blot to characterize Ras-MEK-ERK pathway activity. STUDY DESIGN We evaluated this hypothesis in six PIK3CA-amplified, PI3K inhibitor-resistant HNSCC cell lines following treatment with pan and alpha-isoform selective PI3K inhibitors (BKM120 and HS-173 respectively). We also tested the effect of combination treatment with PI3K inhibitor HS-173 and MEK inhibitor trametinib or EGFR inhibitor gefitinib. RESULTS Our results displayed maintenance of Ras-MEK-ERK pathway activity in 4 of 6 HNSCC cell lines after PI3K inhibitor treatment. We also found that UM-SCC-69 and UM-SCC-108 cells display synergistic responses to dual therapy. CONCLUSION This study suggests that inhibition of the PI3K and Ras-MEK-ERK pathways might be effective in some HNSCC patients; however, it also prompts the study of additional resistance mechanisms to identify synergistic combination therapies for tumors resistant to these di-therapies.","PeriodicalId":91783,"journal":{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery","volume":"1 2 1","pages":"44-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67500874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Arnold, W. Arnold, R. Bovo, U. Ganzer, K. Hamann, S. Iurato, J. Kiefer, K. Lamm, W. Livi, A. Martini, G. O'Donoghue
{"title":"Inner Ear","authors":"A. Arnold, W. Arnold, R. Bovo, U. Ganzer, K. Hamann, S. Iurato, J. Kiefer, K. Lamm, W. Livi, A. Martini, G. O'Donoghue","doi":"10.1007/978-3-540-68940-9_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68940-9_6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91783,"journal":{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery","volume":"45 1","pages":"105 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77632953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}