Mailing address
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
jan.betka@lfmotol.cuni.cz
Born
12th January 1949
Degrees
1976 – 1991 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
1995 1st diploma of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery
2001 2nd diploma of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery
1984 : Thesis on " Computed tomography of the larynx" and scientific degree Ph.D..
1986 : Associate professor (docent) of Otorhinolaryngology
1989 : Thesis on "Pathobiology of CO2 laser surgery in head and neck" and scientific degree Doctor of Science – Dr.Sc.
1990 : Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Scholarships
1993-94 : European Visiting Professor 1993/94 Royal Society of Medicine, London
repeated invited lectures, courses, surgery in the Europe, USA
Selected publications
Betka J., Plzák J., Smetana K. Jr., Gabius H.-J.: Galectin-3, an endogenous lectin, as tool to monitor cell differentiation in head and neck carcinomas with implications for lectin-glycan functionality. Acta Otolaryngologica 123: 261-263, 2003
Astl J, Dvorakova M, Vlcek P, Vesely D, Matucha P, Betka J. Thyroid surgery in children and adolescents. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2004 Oct;68(10):1273-8
Plzák, J., Betka, J., Smetana, K. Jr., Chovanec, M., Kaltner, H., André, S., Kodet, R., Gabius, H.-J.: Lectin histochemistry with an endogenous adhesion/growth-modulatory protein galectin-3 as emerging technique in prognostic evaluation: case study for advanced head andneck carcinoma. Eur. J. Cancer. 40: 2324-2330, 2004
Plzák J, Smetana K Jr, Chovanec M, Betka J. Glycobiology of head and neck squamous epithelia and carcinomas. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2005;67(2):61-9
Tachezy R, Klozar J, Salakova M, Smith E, Turek L, Betka J, Kodet R, Hamsikova E. HPV and other risk factors of oral cavity/oropharyngeal cancer in the Czech Republic. Oral Dis. 2005 May;11(3):181-5
Chovanec M, Smetana K Jr, Betka J, Plzak J, Brabec J, Moya-Alvarez V, Andre S, Kodet R, Gabius HJ. Correlation of expression of nuclear proteins pKi67 and p63 with lectin histochemical features in head and neck squamous cell cancer. Int J Oncol. 2005 Aug;27(2):409-15
Klozar J, Kratochvil V, Salakova M, Smahelova J, Vesela E, Hamsikova E, Betka J, Tachezy R.: HPV status and regional metastasis in the prognosis of oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 Dec 20; [Epub ahead of print]
Vermorken JB, Remenar E, van Herpen C, Gorlia T, Mesia R, Degardin M, Stewart JS, Jelic S, Betka J, et al.: Cisplatin, fluorouracil, and docetaxel in unresectable head and neck cancer.N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 25;357(17):1695-704
Lukeš P., Astl J., Pavlík E., Potužníková B., Šterzl I., Betka J., Helicobacter pylori in Tonsillar and Adenoid Tissue and Its Possible Role in Oropharyngeal Carcinogenesis. Folia Biol (Praha) 2008;54:33-39.
Betka J,
Chovanec M, Klozar J, Taudy M, Plzák J, Kodetová D, Lisý J. Transoral and combined transoral-transcervical approach in the
surgery of parapharyngeal tumors. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2010
May;267(5):765-72. doi: 10.1007/s00405-009-1071-z.
Betka J, Zvěřina E, Balogová Z, Profant O, Skřivan J,
Kraus J, Lisý J, Syka J,Chovanec M. Complications of microsurgery of vestibular
schwannoma. Biomed Res Int. 2014 doi: 10.1155/2014/315952.
Betka J, Hörmann K, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Plzák J.
Endoscopic/External approaches in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck
surgery. Biomed Res Int. 2015 doi: 10.1155/2015/958453.
Main topics and interest
Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid gland
Skull-base surgery
Head and neck oncology
Glycobiology of head and neck cancer