Mailing adress

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Faculty Hospital Motol
V Uvalu 84, 150 06 Prague 5
CZECH REPUBLIC

martin.chovanec@lf1.cuni.cz

Born

28^th August 1978

Degrees

1996 – 2002  1^st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, (M.D.)

2005  1^st diploma of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery

2006  Postgradual study of biomedicine, Thesis: Glycophenotype of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (Ph.D.)

Selected publications

Chovanec M., Plzák J., Betka J., Brabec J., Kodet R., Smetana K. Jr.: Comparative analysis of α2,3/2,6-linked N-acetylneuraminic acid and cytokeratin expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Oncol. Rep.12: 297 - 301, 2004.

Plzák J., Smetana K. Jr., Chovanec M., Betka J.: Glycobiology of head and neck squamous epithelia and carcinomas. J. Otolaryngol. 67: 61 – 9, 2005.

Plzák J., Betka J., Smetana K. Jr., Chovanec M., Kaltner H., André S., Kodet R., Gabius H.-J.: Galectin-3 – an emerging prognostic indicator in advanced head and neck carcinoma. Eur. J. Cancer. 40: 2324 - 30, 2004.

Chovanec M., Smetana K. Jr., Betka J., Plzák J., Brabec J., Kodet R., Álvarez V.M., André S., Gabius H.-J.: Correlation of expression of nuclear proteins pKi67 and p63 with lectin histochemical features in head and neck squamous cell cancer. Int J of Oncol. 27: 409 – 15, 2005.

Chovanec M., Smetana K. Jr., Plzák J., Betka J., Plzáková Z., Štork J., Hrdličková E., Kuwabar I., Dvořánková B., Liu F.T., Kaltner H., Gabius H.-J.: Detection of new diagnostic markers in pathology by focus on growth-regulatory endogenous lectins. The case study of galectin-7 in squamous epithelia. Prague Med. Rep. 106: 209 – 16, 2005.

Dvořánková B., Smetana K. Jr., Chovanec M., Lacina L., Štork J., Plzáková Z., Galovičová M., Gabius H.-J.: Transient expression of keratin 19 is induced in originally negative interfollicular epidermal cells by adhesion of suspended cells. Int J Mol. Med. 16: 525 – 31, 2005.

Smetana, K. Jr., Dvořánková, B., Chovanec M., Bouček J., Klíma J., Motlík J., Lensch M., Kaltner H., André S., Gabius H.-J.: Nuclear presence of adhesion-/ growth-regulatory galectins in normal/malignant cells of squamous epithelial origin. Histochem. Cell Biol. 125: 171 – 82, 2005.

 

Bahannan A., Slavíček A., Taudy M., Chovanec M.. Septal graft in laryngeal reconstruction. Saudi Med J. 27:1758-60, 2006.

Bahannan A., Zabrodský M., Černý L., Chovanec M., Lohynská R.. Quality of life following endoscopic resection or radio-therapy for early glottic cancer. Saudi Med J. 28:598-602, 2007.
 

Betka J., Chovanec M., Taudy J., Klozar J., Kodet R., Lisý J.. Surgery of tumors of parapharyngeal space. Skull Base Suppl. 1:11,2007.
 

Chovanec M., Betka J., Skřivan J., Zvěřina E, Slavíček A., Pádr R. Vagal paragangliomas. Skull Base Suppl. 1:15,2007.
 

Zvěřina E., Betka J., Skřivan J., Chovanec M., Kluh J., Kraus J.. Vestibular schwannoma – failure of stereoradiosurgery. Skull Base Suppl. 1:44,2007.

Betka J., Zvěřina E., Chovanec M., Skřivan J., Kluh J., Kraus J. Differences in microsurgical treatment of small (grade 1, 2) and large (grade 3,4) vestibular schwannomas. Skull Base Suppl. 1:85,2007.

Main topics and interest

Head and Neck Oncology

Skull Base Surgery

Endocrinosurgery