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Journal of Oncology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 854127, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/854127
Research Article

Transcriptional Activity of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family and Angiogenesis Effectors in Locoregionally Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Correlation with Patient Outcome

George Pentheroudakis,1 Nikolaos Angouridakis,2 Ralph Wirtz,3 Angelos Nikolaou,2 Konstantine T. Kalogeras,4,5 Nicholas Pavlidis,1 and George Fountzilas5

1Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina 45500, Greece
2ENT Department, “AHEPA” Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki 57100, Greece
3Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Cologne, Germany
4Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, Data Office, Athens 45118, Greece
5Department of Medical Oncology, “Papageorgiou” Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki 57100, Greece

Received 7 February 2009; Revised 11 June 2009; Accepted 23 July 2009

Academic Editor: Amanda Psyrri

Copyright © 2009 George Pentheroudakis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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