Detail

Keywords

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Neurotology; Oropharyngeal Neoplasms

Research group(s)

• Basic Oncology Research in Head and Neck Cancer
  Members:
  Gregor Heiduschka
  Sam Augustine Kandathil
  Victoria Stanek
  Faris Brkic

Research interests

• HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
• Sinonasal malignancies
• Endoscopic sinus surgery

Grants

• Therapeutic Relevance of SLC6A8 Inhibition in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas (2024)
  Source of Funding: Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna, Oncology
  Principal Investigator
• Prognostic and therapeutic relevance of Wnt signaling in HPV positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (2019)
  Source of Funding: Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna, Oncology
  Principal Investigator

Selected publications

1. Brkic, F.F. et al. (2023) ‘Efficacy and safety of switching between biologics in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps or N-ERD’, Rhinology Journal, 61(4), pp. 320–327. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4193/rhin22.408.
2. Brkic, F.F. et al. (2022) ‘Targeting Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling in HPV-Positive Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma’, Pharmaceuticals, 15(3), p. 378. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15030378.
3. Kandathil, S.A. et al. (2024) ‘The dual role of autophagy in HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review’, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 150(2). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-023-05514-3.
4. Varatanovic, S. et al. (2023) ‘In vitro antineoplastic effects of MK0752 in HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma’, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 149(16), pp. 14691–14699. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-023-05269-x.
5. Brkic, F.F. et al. (2022) ‘Evaluation of the Prognostic Capacity of a Novel Survival Marker in Patients with Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma’, Nutrients, 14(20), p. 4337. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14204337.