Head and neck cancer

MD Mody, JW Rocco, SS Yom, RI Haddad, NF Saba - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Head and neck cancer is the seventh most common type of cancer worldwide and comprise
of a diverse group of tumours affecting the upper aerodigestive tract. Although many different …

Epidermal growth factor receptor targeting in cancer: a review of trends and strategies

C Yewale, D Baradia, I Vhora, S Patil, A Misra - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a cell-surface receptor belonging to ErbB
family of tyrosine kinase and it plays a vital role in the regulation of cell proliferation, survival …

Safety and efficacy of nivolumab monotherapy in recurrent or metastatic cervical, vaginal, or vulvar carcinoma: results from the phase I/II CheckMate 358 trial

RW Naumann, A Hollebecque, T Meyer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Nivolumab was assessed in patients with virus-associated tumors in the phase
I/II CheckMate 358 trial (ClinicalTrials. gov identifier: NCT02488759). We report on patients …

Cetuximab, docetaxel, and cisplatin versus platinum, fluorouracil, and cetuximab as first-line treatment in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck …

J Guigay, A Aupérin, J Fayette, E Saada-Bouzid… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Results from a phase 2 trial of the TPEx chemotherapy regimen (docetaxel–
platinum–cetuximab) showed promising results, with a median overall survival of 14· 0 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cetuximab-containing combinations in locally advanced and recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

M Taberna, M Oliva, R Mesía - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cetuximab remains to date the only targeted therapy approved for the treatment of head and
neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The EGFR pathway plays a key role in the …

Head and neck cancer: The role of anti-EGFR agents in the era of immunotherapy

M Fasano, CM Della Corte, G Viscardi… - … in medical oncology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Head and neck cancers (HNC) represent the seventh most frequent cancer worldwide, with
squamous cell carcinomas as the most frequent histologic subtype. Standard treatment for …

Optimizing treatments for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

P Specenier, JB Vermorken - Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The majority of patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) will recur. The treatment of patients with recurrent/metastatic (R/M …

[HTML][HTML] The evolving role of taxanes in combination with cetuximab for the treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck …

J Guigay, M Tahara, L Licitra, U Keilholz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The addition of cetuximab to platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin plus 5-
fluorouracil [5-FU]), followed by maintenance cetuximab until disease progression …

[HTML][HTML] Nectin cell adhesion molecule 4 (NECTIN4) expression in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a new therapeutic target?

Y Tanaka, M Murata, Y Oda, M Furue, T Ito - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common skin cancer, and
its incidence is rising because of the aging population. Nectin cell adhesion molecule 4 …