Tumor microenvironment and immune evasion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

A Elmusrati, J Wang, CY Wang - International journal of oral science, 2021 - nature.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), an aggressive malignancy, is
characterized by high morbidity and low survival rates with limited therapeutic options …

The changing therapeutic landscape of head and neck cancer

JD Cramer, B Burtness, QT Le, RL Ferris - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
Head and neck cancers are a heterogeneous collection of malignancies of the upper
aerodigestive tract, salivary glands and thyroid. In this Review, we primarily focus on the …

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 alone or with chemotherapy versus cetuximab with chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck …

B Burtness, KJ Harrington, R Greil, D Soulières… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Pembrolizumab is active in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC),
with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression associated with improved …

Treatment-related adverse events of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in clinical trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Wang, S Zhou, F Yang, X Qi, X Wang, X Guan… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Programmed cell death (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1)
inhibitors have been increasingly used in cancer therapy. Understanding the treatment …

Mismatch repair deficiency/microsatellite instability-high as a predictor for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy efficacy

P Zhao, L Li, X Jiang, Q Li - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2019 - Springer
Immunotherapies have led to substantial changes in cancer treatment and have been a
persistently popular topic in cancer research because they tremendously improve the …

Biomarkers for predicting efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors

M Yi, D Jiao, H Xu, Q Liu, W Zhao, X Han, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Programmed cell death protein 1/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) is a
negative modulatory signaling pathway for activation of T cell. It is acknowledged that PD …

Durvalumab with or without tremelimumab for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a phase 2 randomized clinical trial

EM O'Reilly, DY Oh, N Dhani, DJ Renouf… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance New therapeutic options for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) are needed. This study evaluated dual checkpoint combination …

Pembrolizumab versus methotrexate, docetaxel, or cetuximab for recurrent or metastatic head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (KEYNOTE-040): a randomised …

EEW Cohen, D Soulières, C Le Tourneau, J Dinis… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background There are few effective treatment options for patients with recurrent or
metastatic head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma. Pembrolizumab showed antitumour …

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer consensus statement on immunotherapy for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC)

EEW Cohen, RB Bell, CB Bifulco, B Burtness… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Head and neck cancers, including those of the lip and oral cavity, nasal cavity, paranasal
sinuses, oropharynx, larynx and nasopharynx represent nearly 700,000 new cases and …