CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers of the head and neck, known as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), are rapidly increasing throughout the United States. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about the factors that contribute to these tumors and what makes some tumors more aggressive and treatment-resistant than others. To determine why some patients respond better to radiation therapy than others, researchers in UNC School of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center formed a robust collaboration with researchers at Yale Cancer Center , the Yale Head and Neck Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE), and the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN).

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