Faden Lab

Translational Head and Neck Cancer Genomics | Mass Eye and Ear | Harvard Medical School

[Inside Precision Medicine @Inside_PM]

Ultrasensitive HPV DNA Blood Test Could Help Personalize Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

HPVDeepSeek, a whole genome test for HPV DNA, predicts recurrence and survival in people with #headandneckcancer
@FadenLab @MassGenBrigham
#IPMoncology #HPV #WGS
https://t.co/vtmulMuuh9

[Science Translational Medicine @ScienceTM]

A whole genome sequencing assay named HPV-DeepSeek sniffs out signs of residual disease after surgery in patients with #HPV+ head and neck cancer, and detects recurrence earlier than digital PCR and standard clinical criteria. @FadenLab @BIDharvardOHNS https://t.co/bGrJhklXrP

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Thank you to Andrea Anderson at @GenomeWeb and Laura Cowen at @InsidePrecisionMed amongst others for the thoughtful coverage:

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https://t.co/nKnFbIgL7k

📰https://t.co/bMyE6B9K9k

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Big day for our lab! New paper using our HPV-DeepSeek assay, an ultrasensitive HPV WGS-based liquid biopsy for MRD detection in HPV+ head & neck cancer, is out today in @ScienceTM 🧵
🔗 https://t.co/UlVMoYQLdP

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Huge thanks to our co-first authors Shun Hirayama, Yana Al-Inaya, @Michael_E_Bryan, @dipondas30 and @alanyelg. And to our clinical and scientific teams @MassEyeAndEar, @MassGeneralNews, Broad Institute, Broad Clincal Labs. This is what collaborative science looks like

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Will be a great talk that bridges disciplines, from an outstanding post-doc! Can’t wait!

Thank you @HarvardCFAR for the funding support for this important work!

[Harvard CFAR @HarvardCFAR]

👋🚨Join @MassEyeAndEar @harvardmed @FadenLab Qin Wang, PhD presenting "Blood-based screening for #HPV-associated cancers" research this Monday, June 8 (12:30 pm ET) 👇 No RSVP/hybrid sessionℹ️https://t.co/VWgvhLoXcB @HarvardGH @HarvardChanSPH @TuftsMedSchool @MGBResearchNews 🦠

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Thank you to our outstanding sponsors making this summit possible:
@NateraOncology, @Naveris_inc, @DropletBiosci, @NeoGenomics, @GuardantHealth, @illumina , @HaystackMRD and Adela

@MGBResearchNews

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🧬 Two months until the inaugural Head and Neck Cancer Liquid Biopsy Summit! July 17, 2026 at @broadinstitute

We're bringing together the brightest minds in head and neck cancer liquid biopsy from academia and industry for an immersive day of science and collaboration

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📅 July 17, 2026 | 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
📍Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
✅ FREE registration for all (including trainees)
⚠️ 120+ already registered—limited space remaining

Register and view the outstanding speaker lineup here: https://t.co/JFR0a1Exeq

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@MGBResearchNews

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What a great series of meeting @AACR and @PacBio . Inspiring science with #liquidbiopsy reshaping all aspects of care. Congrats to our Qin Wang for great presentations. And so cool for our @CCR_AACR paper to be featured as top cancer early detection paper of the year!