Ongoing and Published Work

Ongoing and Published work

List of publications of INSICA:

Molecular patterns and mechanisms of tumorigenesis in HPV-associated and HPV-independent sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma.

Zamuner FT, Gunti S, Starrett GJ, Faraji F, Toni T, Saraswathula A, Vu K, Gupta A, Zhang Y, Faden DL, Bryan ME, Guo T, Rowan NR, Ramanathan M Jr, Lane AP, Fakhry C, Gallia GL, Allen CT, Rooper LM, London NR Jr. Nat Commun. 2025 Jun 11;16(1):5285. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59409-7. PMID: 40500270 Free PMC article.

In vivo CRISPR screening identifies NF1/RASA1/TP53 co-mutations and downstream MEK signaling as a common key mechanism of sinonasal tumorigenesis.

Vu K, Gunti S, Viswanathan R, Nandal A, Larkin R, Cho S, Zou J, Ramolia S, Hoke ATK, Barbosa SM, Gallia GL, Rooper LM, Floudas CS, Cheng H, Miller CN, Guest MR, Notaro M, Raziuddin A, Sun Z, Wu X, Faraji F, Lechner M, Comoglio F, Edmondson EF, Chari R, London NR Jr. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 May 23:2025.05.19.654661. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.19.654661. PMID: 40475474 Free PMC article. Preprint.

Survivorship in Tumors of the Sinonasal Tract: The Need for Improved Awareness, Patient Education, and an Emphasis on Multi-Disciplinary Care.

Liu J, Tang A, Rehman U, Nilsen ML, Snyderman CH, London NR Jr, Lund VJ, Lechner M. Cancers (Basel). 2025 May 15;17(10):1666. doi: 10.3390/cancers17101666. PMID: 40427163 Free PMC article. Review.

The Development and Validation of Novel 3-Dimensional Models for Simulation Training in Sinonasal and Skull Base Surgery.

Rehman U, Okhovat S, Woods R, London NR Jr, Verillaud B, von Buchwald C, Gallia GL, Omay SB, Bennett W, Abhinav K, Choby G, Nayak JV, Leong SC, Vyskocil E, Lechner M. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2025 May 27:34894251340879. doi: 10.1177/00034894251340879. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40426328 Free article.

International Multicenter Study of Clinical Outcomes of Sinonasal Melanoma Shows Survival Benefit for Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Potential Improvements to the Current TNM Staging System.

Lechner M, Takahashi Y, Turri-Zanoni M, Ferrari M, Liu J, Counsell N, Mattavelli D, Rampinelli V, Vermi W, Lombardi D, Saade R, Park KW, Schartinger VH, Franchi A, Facco C, Sessa F, Battocchio S, Fenton TR, Vaz FM, O'Flynn P, Howard D, Stimpson P, Wang S, Hannan SA, Unadkat S, Hughes J, Dwivedi R, Forde CT, Randhawa P, Gane S, Joseph J, Andrews PJ, Dave M, Fleming JC, Thomson D, Zhu T, Teschendorff A, Royle G, Steele C, Jimenez JE, Laco J, Wang EW, Snyderman C, Lacy PD, Woods R, O'Neill JP, Saraswathula A, Kaur RP, Zhao T, Ramanathan M Jr, Gallia GL, London NR Jr, Le QT, West RB, Patel ZM, Nayak JV, Hwang PH, Hermsen M, Llorente J, Facchetti F, Nicolai P, Bossi P, Castelnuovo P, Jay A, Carnell D, Forster MD, Bell DM, Lund VJ, Hanna EY. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2022 Jul 10;84(4):307-319. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1750178. eCollection 2023 Aug. PMID: 37405239 Free PMC article.

Clinical outcomes, Kadish-INSICA staging and therapeutic targeting of somatostatin receptor 2 in olfactory neuroblastoma.

Lechner M, Takahashi Y, Turri-Zanoni M, Liu J, Counsell N, Hermsen M, Kaur RP, Zhao T, Ramanathan M Jr, Schartinger VH, Emanuel O, Helman S, Varghese J, Dudas J, Riechelmann H, Sprung S, Haybaeck J, Howard D, Engel NW, Stewart S, Brooks L, Pickles JC, Jacques TS, Fenton TR, Williams L, Vaz FM, O'Flynn P, Stimpson P, Wang S, Hannan SA, Unadkat S, Hughes J, Dwivedi R, Forde CT, Randhawa P, Gane S, Joseph J, Andrews PJ, Royle G, Franchi A, Maragliano R, Battocchio S, Bewicke-Copley H, Pipinikas C, Webster A, Thirlwell C, Ho D, Teschendorff A, Zhu T, Steele CD, Pillay N, Vanhaesebroeck B, Mohyeldin A, Fernandez-Miranda J, Park KW, Le QT, West RB, Saade R, Manes RP, Omay SB, Vining EM, Judson BL, Yarbrough WG, Sansovini M, Silvia N, Grassi I, Bongiovanni A, Capper D, Schüller U, Thavaraj S, Sandison A, Surda P, Hopkins C, Ferrari M, Mattavelli D, Rampinelli V, Facchetti F, Nicolai P, Bossi P, Henriquez OA, Magliocca K, Solares CA, Wise SK, Llorente JL, Patel ZM, Nayak JV, Hwang PH, Lacy PD, Woods R, O'Neill JP, Jay A, Carnell D, Forster MD, Ishii M, London NR Jr, Bell DM, Gallia GL, Castelnuovo P, Severi S, Lund VJ, Hanna EY. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Feb;162:221-236. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.09.046. Epub 2021 Dec 31. PMID: 34980502 Free PMC article.

The European Network for Sinonasal Cancer Research (EUSICA) - A pan-European initiative targeting a group of orphan tumours.

Hermsen M, Bossi P, Capper D, Fleming J, Haybaeck J, Martinez-Balibrea E, Nuyts S, Skalova A, Thomson D, Trama A, Turri-Zanoni M, Verillaud B, Woods R, von Buchwald C, Lechner M. Eur J Cancer. 2024 May;202:113939. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.113939. Epub 2024 Feb 22. PMID: 38447380 No abstract available.

Sinonasal Cancer: Improving Classification, Stratification and Therapeutic Options.

Hermsen MA, Bossi P, Franchi A, Lechner M. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Mar 9;15(6):1675. doi: 10.3390/cancers15061675. PMID: 36980561 Free PMC article.

Biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma: European multicentre case-series and systematic literature review.

Turri-Zanoni M, Dalfino G, Lechner M, Dallan I, Battaglia P, Facco C, Franzi F, Gravante G, Ferrari M, Terzakis D, Jay A, Forster MD, Ambrosoli AL, Bignami M, Georgalas C, Herman P, Nicolai P, Lund VJ, Castelnuovo P. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2022 Dec;42(6):545-553. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N2087. PMID: 36654521 Free PMC article.

DNA methylation-based classification of sinonasal tumors.

Jurmeister P, Glöß S, Roller R, Leitheiser M, Schmid S, Mochmann LH, Payá Capilla E, Fritz R, Dittmayer C, Friedrich C, Thieme A, Keyl P, Jarosch A, Schallenberg S, Bläker H, Hoffmann I, Vollbrecht C, Lehmann A, Hummel M, Heim D, Haji M, Harter P, Englert B, Frank S, Hench J, Paulus W, Hasselblatt M, Hartmann W, Dohmen H, Keber U, Jank P, Denkert C, Stadelmann C, Bremmer F, Richter A, Wefers A, Ribbat-Idel J, Perner S, Idel C, Chiariotti L, Della Monica R, Marinelli A, Schüller U, Bockmayr M, Liu J, Lund VJ, Forster M, Lechner M, Lorenzo-Guerra SL, Hermsen M, Johann PD, Agaimy A, Seegerer P, Koch A, Heppner F, Pfister SM, Jones DTW, Sill M, von Deimling A, Snuderl M, Müller KR, Forgó E, Howitt BE, Mertins P, Klauschen F, Capper D. Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 28;13(1):7148. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34815-3. PMID: 36443295 Free PMC article.

Molecular Basis and Rationale for the Use of Targeted Agents and Immunotherapy in Sinonasal Cancers.

Esposito A, Stucchi E, Baronchelli M, Di Mauro P, Ferrari M, Lorini L, Gurizzan C, London NRJ, Hermsen M, Lechner M, Bossi P. J Clin Med. 2022 Nov 16;11(22):6787. doi: 10.3390/jcm11226787. PMID: 36431263 Free PMC article. Review.

Dysregulation of Translation Factors EIF2S1, EIF5A and EIF6 in Intestinal-Type Adenocarcinoma (ITAC).

Schatz C, Sprung S, Schartinger V, Codina-Martínez H, Lechner M, Hermsen M, Haybaeck J. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Nov 11;13(22):5649. doi: 10.3390/cancers13225649. PMID: 34830804 Free PMC article.

SSTR2 in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Relationship with Latent EBV Infection and Potential as a Therapeutic Target.

Emanuel O, Liu J, Schartinger VH, Nei WL, Chan YY, Tsang CM, Riechelmann H, Masterson L, Haybaeck J, Oppermann U, Willems SM, Ooft ML, Wollmann G, Howard D, Vanhaesebroeck B, Lund VJ, Royle G, Chua MLK, Lo KW, Busson P, Lechner M. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Sep 30;13(19):4944. doi: 10.3390/cancers13194944. PMID: 34638429 Free PMC article. Review.

The genomics and epigenetics of olfactory neuroblastoma: A systematic review.

Kaur RP, Izumchenko E, Blakaj DM, Mladkova N, Lechner M, Beaumont TL, Floudas CS, Gallia GL, London NR Jr. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2021 Jun 7;6(4):721-728. doi: 10.1002/lio2.597. eCollection 2021 Aug. PMID: 34401496 Free PMC article. Review.

Somatostatin receptor 2 expression in nasopharyngeal cancer is induced by Epstein Barr virus infection: impact on prognosis, imaging and therapy.

Lechner M, Schartinger VH, Steele CD, Nei WL, Ooft ML, Schreiber LM, Pipinikas CP, Chung GT, Chan YY, Wu F, To KF, Tsang CM, Pearce W, Morelli D, Philpott M, Masterson L, Nibhani R, Wells G, Bell CG, Koller J, Delecluse S, Yip YL, Liu J, Forde CT, Forster MD, Jay A, Dudás J, Krapp A, Wan S, Uprimny C, Sprung S, Haybaeck J, Fenton TR, Chester K, Thirlwell C, Royle G, Marafioti T, Gupta R, Indrasari SR, Herdini C, Slim MAM, Indrawati I, Sutton L, Fles R, Tan B, Yeong J, Jain A, Han S, Wang H, Loke KSH, He W, Xu R, Jin H, Cheng Z, Howard D, Hwang PH, Le QT, Tay JK, West RB, Tsao SW, Meyer T, Riechelmann H, Oppermann U, Delecluse HJ, Willems SM, Chua MLK, Busson P, Lo KW, Wollmann G, Pillay N, Vanhaesebroeck B, Lund VJ. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 5;12(1):117. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20308-8. PMID: 33402692 Free PMC article.

Novel Biomarkers in Sinonasal Cancers: from Bench to Bedside.

Lechner M, Liu J, Lund VJ. Curr Oncol Rep. 2020 Jul 29;22(10):106. doi: 10.1007/s11912-020-00947-2. PMID: 32725435 Free PMC article. Review