Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Neither p16 promoter hypermethylation nor apparent loss of p16 protein expression appears to be an independent prognostic factor, although loss of p16 protein may be used to predict overall patient survival in early-stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. 13679459 2003
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Differential alterations of the genes in the CDKN2A-CCND1-CDK4-RB1 pathway are associated with the development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Indian patients. 14586645 2003
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Therefore, we investigated the ability of these agents to reactivate p16 in Tu159 HNSCC cells. 14654786 2003
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE Fifty-one cases of SCCHN, collected from the paraffin block archives (1997-1999) in the Department of Pathology at the University of Arkansas for medical sciences, provided DNA for methylation-specific PCR using primers specific for hMLH1, MGMT, and p16. 15635575 2005
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Sequence analysis of the p16 RT-PCR product from these specimens allowed identification of mutational changes in the coding sequence of p16 in four of the SCCHN specimens. 16465427 2006
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Hence, the duration of alcohol use and duration of smoking, but not intensity of either, significantly predicted p16(INK4A) homozygous deletion in HNSCC. 16618779 2006
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Hence, in HNSCC low dietary intake of folate is associated with p16(INK4A) methylation, and this relationship is modified by the MTHFR genotype. 16646054 2006
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE However, in HPV+ HNSCC it is frequent to observe wild-type TP53 and expression of p16. 17003776 2006
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE P16 immunohistochemistry was also done because p16 overexpression may serve as a surrogate marker of HPV-associated HNSCC. 17317828 2007
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The primary objective of this study was to evaluate additional molecular alterations of p16 in HNSCC, specifically in relation to age, site, and human papillomavirus (HPV) status. 18261630 2008
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE To understand the association of candidate tumour suppressor genes SH3GL2, p16(INK4a), p14(ARF), and p15(INK4b) in the pathogenesis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), we studied the deletion, mutation, and methylation of these genes in 61 dysplastic lesions and 94 HNSCC samples. 19023882 2009
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Assessing both the expression level of the E6/E7 mRNAs and of CDKN2A in HNSCC is required to detect active HPV infection. 19795456 2010
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE HPV16-DNA and p16 overexpression were present in 27% of HNSCCs. 20737490 2011
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Therefore, the authors of this report investigated the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the p14(ARF) gene and the risk of developing a second primary malignancy (SPM) after an index squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). 21381012 2011
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Relationship between epidermal growth factor receptor status, p16(INK4A), and outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. 21467228 2011
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE HPV status was determined by p16 immunohistochemistry of 135 HNSCC tumour specimens retrieved from patients treated at the Helsinki University Central Hospital. 21542673 2011
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Compared with a gold standard HPV-PCR assay, HPV detection by in situ hybridization was less accurate for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma on tissue microarrays than p16 immunohistochemistry. 21572401 2011
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Forty-five young HNSCC patients (<40 years) were tested for HPV and the expression of p16(ink4a) and p53 in tumor biopsies. 21607949 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These include the subjective nature of IHC evaluation, the variable mechanisms of p16 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, and the lack of scoring and interpretive criteria. 22180304 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Studies have shown recurring alterations at chromosome 9p21 (location of the CDKN2A) and TP53 mutations in the early stages of HNSCC. 22388100 2014
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Copy number of the ATM gene and chromosome 11 were determined by FISH and HPV status was determined using p16(INK4A) immunohistochemistry in 87 paraffin embedded tumour samples from patients with HNSCC treated with chemoradiation at a single institution. 22410096 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The dose-dependent upregulation of endogenous FOXM1 (isoform B) expression during tumour progression across a panel of normal primary NOK strains (n = 8), dysplasias (n = 5) and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell lines (n = 11) correlated positively with endogenous expressions of HELLS, BMI1, DNMT1 and DNMT3B and negatively with p16(INK4A) and involucrin. 22461910 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of p16 and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been reported to be associated with survival in HNSCC. 22667340 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE We hypothesised p16 staining that considered nuclear localisation might be informative for predicting outcomes in a broader set of HNSCC tumours not limited to the oropharynx, human papilloma virus (HPV) status or by smoking status. 22735904 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Nuclear epidermal growth factor receptor and p16 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. 23086695 2012