Patent ID: 8071815

Claim:
A method for detecting head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a subject comprising: measuring CTIP2 and/or CTIP2 L expression in a sample of head and neck tissue obtained from the subject, comparing the level of CTIP2 and/or CTIP2 L expression in the sample to the level of expression of CTIP and/or CTIP2 L in a non-cancerous, non-dysplastic head and neck tissue sample, and determining that there is an indication of the presence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the subject when there is an increase in the level of expression of CTIP2 and/or CTIP2 L in the sample obtained from the subject relative to the level of expression of CTIP2 and/or CTIP2 L in the non-cancerous, non-dysplastic head and neck tissue sample.