Head & Neck SPOREs

SPOREs in Head and Neck (H&N) cancer support translational research on cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract and on thyroid cancer. An estimated 52,140 patients will be diagnosed for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, or larynx in the year 2011. Another 48,020 patients will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The incidence for the first group of cancers is 2 to 3 times higher in men compared to women, whereas thyroid cancer is three times more common in women than in men. By estimates of the American Cancer Society, 11,460 people will die of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, or larynx and 1,740 of thyroid cancer in 2011. The first three SPOREs in H&N Cancers were established in 2002 and the current (2011) number of H&N SPOREs is five. Head and Neck Cancer SPOREs are co-funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

Emory University

Dong M. Shin, MD, F.A.C.P. [Click Here]
Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Otolaryngology
Director, Clinical and Translational Cancer Prevention Program
Co-Director, Translational Lung Aerodigestive Tract Malignancies Program
Associate Director of Academic Development, Winship Cancer Institute
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University School of Medicine
Hematology and Medical Oncology
1365-C Clifton Road, Room C-3094
Atlanta, GA, 30322
Tel: (404) 778-5990
Fax: (404) 778-5520
Email: dong_shin@emoryhealthcare.org

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://cancer.emory.edu/SPORE-ed/index.htm

Johns Hopkins University

David Sidransky, MD [Click Here]
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
1550 Orleans Street
CRB II 5th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21231
Tel: (410) 502-5153
Fax: (410) 614-1411
Email: dsidrans@jhmi.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.hopkinskimmelcancercenter.org/kpr/spore_headandneck.cfm

University of Michigan

Gregory T. Wolf, MD [Click Here]
University of Michigan
Department of Otolaryngology
1500 East Medical Center Drive
1904 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Tel: (734) 936-8029
Fax: (734) 647-9691
Email: gregwolf@umich.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www2.med.umich.edu/cancer/hnspore/index.cfm

University of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Grandis, MD [Click Here]
University of Pittsburgh
Eye & Ear Institute Building
Department of Otolaryngology and Pharmacology
200 Lothrop Street, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Tel: (412) 647-5280
Fax: (412) 647-0108
Email: jgrandis@pitt.edu

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.upci.upmc.edu/spore/headneck/

University of Texas/MD Anderson

Scott M. Lippman, MD [Click Here]
Charles A. LeMaistre Distinguished Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Professor and Chair, Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 432
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: (713) 745-5439
Fax: (713) 745-2012
Email: slippmann@mdanderson.org

For more information on this specific SPORE’s institution, please visit:
http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/research-at-md-anderson/early-detection-and-treatment/research-programs/spores/head-and-neck-cancer-spore/index.html