Genetics of Head and Neck Cancer: Advances in Molecular Research

Abstract

Educational objectives: To be familiar with cytogenetic and molecular data on early, advanced, recurrent metastatic head and neck cancers, and to understand common methodologies for genetic and molecular assessment including fluorescence in situ hybridization, microsatellite repeat polymorphisms, and polymerase chain reaction, as well as the role of human papilloma virus in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).