Head and Neck Cancers, Version 1.2015. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on recent updates to the 2015 NCCN Guidelines for Head and Neck (H&N) Cancers. These Insights describe the different types of particle therapy that may be used to treat H&N cancers, in contrast to traditional radiation therapy (RT) with photons (x-ray). Research is ongoing regarding the different types of particle therapy, including protons and carbon ions, with the goals of reducing the long-term side effects from RT and improving the therapeutic index. For the 2015 update, the NCCN H&N Cancers Panel agreed to delete recommendations for neutron therapy for salivary gland cancers, because of its limited availability, which has decreased over the past 2 decades; the small number of patients in the United States who currently receive this treatment; and concerns that the toxicity of neutron therapy may offset potential disease control advantages.

authors

  • Pfister, David
  • Spencer, Sharon
  • Brizel, David M
  • Burtness, Barbara
  • Busse, Paul M
  • Caudell, Jimmy J
  • Cmelak, Anthony J
  • Colevas, A Dimitrios
  • Dunphy, Frank
  • Eisele, David W
  • Foote, Robert L
  • Gilbert, Jill
  • Gillison, Maura L
  • Haddad, Robert I
  • Haughey, Bruce H
  • Hicks, Wesley L
  • Hitchcock, Ying J
  • Jimeno, Antonio
  • Kies, Merrill S
  • Lydiatt, William M
  • Maghami, Ellie
  • McCaffrey, Thomas
  • Mell, Loren K
  • Mittal, Bharat B
  • Pinto, Harlan A
  • Ridge, John A
  • Rodriguez, Cristina P
  • Samant, Sandeep
  • Shah, Jatin
  • Weber, Randal S
  • Wolf, Gregory T
  • Worden, Frank
  • Yom, Sue S
  • McMillian, Nicole
  • Hughes, Miranda

publication date

  • July 1, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Head and Neck Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4976490

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84938055154

PubMed ID

  • 26150579

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 7