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SUBMITTER: Yang CX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468798 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Chris X CX Sedhom Wafik W Song John J Lu Shi-Long SL
Cancers 20190321 3
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) affects 650,000 people worldwide and has a dismal 50% 5-year survival rate. Recurrence and metastasis are believed the two most important factors causing this high mortality. Understanding the biological process and the underlying mechanisms of recurrence and metastasis is critical to develop novel and effective treatment, which is expected to improve patients' survival of HNSCC. MicroRNAs are small, non-coding nucleotides that regulate gene expressi ...[more]