Cao, Yu
Green, Katherine
Quattlebaum, Steve
Milam, Ben
Lu, Ling
Gao, Dexiang
He, Hui
Li, Ningning
Gao, Liwei
Hall, Francis
Whinery, Matthew
Handley, Elyse
Ma, Yi
Xu, Tao
Jin, Feng
Xiao, Jing
Wei, Minjie
Smith, Derek
Bornstein, Sophia
Gross, Neil
Pyeon, Dohun
Song, John
Lu, Shi-Long http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7132-7076
Funding for this research was provided by:
Whedon Cancer Detection Foundation
Cancer League of Colorado
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Article History
Received: 22 December 2017
Accepted: 12 March 2018
First Online: 3 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted on human HNSCC samples from both the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) under the Institutional Review Board approval protocols from each institution. Consent was obtained from each participant.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants according to institutional guidelines.
: SL Lu and J Song are listed as inventors on a PCT application “Biomarkers for head and neck cancer and methods of their use.” The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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