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Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis (SCCP) is a rare cancer type in Western industrialized nations; nevertheless, it shows an aggressive course of disease in advanced tumor stages with accordantly high recurrence and progression rates. While molecular biomarkers are not established in clinical routine for the management of SCCP patients yet, the accordant unmet need is enormous, as adequate biomarkers would be meaningful for prognostic determination, planning of modality and extent of primary therapy, indication for inguinal lymph node resection, adjuvant treatment, and as potential targets for specific systemic treatment. SCCP regularly develops from a precursor lesion. In this regard, human papillomavirus (HPV)-dependent and -independent pathways are differentiated. The potential for specific target therapy options is mainly based on the decoding of genetic and epigenetic signatures of distinct molecular pathways. In order to develop targeted and personalized treatment strategies based on molecular pathways, an increase in translational research in large multi-institutional collaborations must be promoted. This review article aims to summarize the current status of research concerning molecular changes related to SCCP under separate consideration of prognostic molecular markers, on the one hand, and biomarkers considered potential therapeutic targets, on the other hand. In addition, previous research activities of our own working group on this topic are briefly described.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH-NODE METASTASIS; HUMAN-PAPILLOMAVIRUS; NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; POOR-PROGNOSIS; EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; P16(INK4A); KI-67; P53; Squamous cell carcinoma; Carcinogenesis; Biomarkers; Tumor suppressor genes; Lymph nodes |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Urologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2020 10:10 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2020 10:10 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/14840 |
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