title: Lateralization of squamous cell carcinomas in the head-neck region.
abstract: Earlier studies have shown the lateralization of several immune disorders, including herpes zoster infection and breast cancer. We investigated whether there is lateralization of squamous cell carcinomas in the head-neck region and a relation of handedness with this cancer. Analysis showed right-sided lateralization of head-heck cancers in right-handed patients and vice versa in left-handed ones and a higher rate of left-handedness in patients with squamous cell cancer. Associations among left-handedness, squamous cell carcinoma, and its lateralization may result from a genetic togetherness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dane
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karaşen
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oztop
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged