Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (U01-DE029759)
Article History
Received: 26 September 2023
Revised: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 8 January 2024
First Online: 29 February 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Our study used plasma samples obtained from HNSCC patients seen at the Head and Neck Cancer Clinic under a University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) IRB approved protocol (IRB #: STUDY20030085). Plasma samples from HDs were collected under the same protocol. All study participants provided written informed consent.
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