Clonal relationship of synchronous head and neck cancer and esophageal cancer assessed by single nucleotide polymorphism-based loss of heterozygosity analysis

• Main Authors: Somkiat Sunpaweravong, Sacarin Bunbanjerdsuk, Tanjitti Pongrujikorn, Chaiwat Naktang, Patrapim Sunpaweravong, Anupong Nitiruangjaras, Tanadech Dechaphankul, Natini Jinawath
• Other Authors: Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkia University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/49998
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: The prognoses of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are poor, especially when both tumors occur at the same time. We examined the clonal relatedness of HNSCCs with synchronous ESCCs to confirm whether the seco...