Treating head and neck cancer in the age of immunotherapy: a 2023 update

A Bhatia, B Burtness - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Most patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) will
present with locally advanced disease, requiring multimodality therapy. While this approach …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic approaches for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma–An update on clinical trials

B Goel, AK Tiwari, RK Pandey, AP Singh, S Kumar… - Translational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common non-skin
cancer with a tobacco consumption and infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) …

Head and neck cancers, version 2.2020, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

DG Pfister, S Spencer, D Adelstein, D Adkins… - Journal of the National …, 2020 - jnccn.org
Treatment is complex for patients with head and neck (H&N) cancers with specific site of
disease, stage, and pathologic findings guiding treatment decision-making. Treatment …

Pembrolizumab plus cetuximab in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: an open-label, multi-arm, non-randomised …

AG Sacco, R Chen, FP Worden, DJL Wong… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Pembrolizumab (PD-1 inhibitor) and cetuximab (EGFR inhibitor) are
active as single agents and in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy for recurrent or …

Pembrolizumab for platinum-and cetuximab-refractory head and neck cancer: results from a single-arm, phase II study

J Bauml, TY Seiwert, DG Pfister, F Worden… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose There are no approved treatments for recurrent/metastatic head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma refractory to platinum and cetuximab. In the single-arm, phase II …

Afatinib versus methotrexate as second-line treatment in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck progressing on or after …

JPH Machiels, RI Haddad, J Fayette, LF Licitra… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and
neck (HNSCC) progressing after first-line platinum regimens have a poor prognosis and few …

Current treatment options for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

AG Sacco, EE Cohen - Journal of clinical oncology, 2015 - ascopubs.org
This review highlights the evidence-based data to support current best management
practices for patients with recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell …

EGFR-targeted therapies in the post-genomic era

MJ Xu, DE Johnson, JR Grandis - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2017 - Springer
Over 90% of head and neck cancers overexpress the epidermal growth factor receptor
(EGFR). In diverse tumor types, EGFR overexpression has been associated with poorer …

Novel systemic treatment modalities including immunotherapy and molecular targeted therapy for recurrent and metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

S Ghosh, PA Shah, FM Johnson - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are the sixth most common cancers
worldwide. More than half of patients with HNSCC eventually experience disease …

Evidence-based treatment options in recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

A Argiris, KJ Harrington, M Tahara, J Schulten… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The major development of the past decade in the first-line treatment of recurrent and/or
metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (R/M SCCHN) was the …