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Head and neck cancer

MedGen UID:
78920
•Concept ID:
C0278996
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer of Head and Neck; Cancer of the Head and Neck; Head and Neck Cancer
SNOMED CT: Malignant tumor of head and/or neck (255056009); Malignant tumor of head and neck (255056009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005627

Definition

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the head and neck. Representative examples include oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and salivary gland carcinoma. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • Head and neck cancer

Professional guidelines

PubMed

International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Sinonasal Tumors.
Kuan EC, Wang EW, Adappa ND, Beswick DM, London NR Jr, Su SY, Wang MB, Abuzeid WM, Alexiev B, Alt JA, Antognoni P, Alonso-Basanta M, Batra PS, Bhayani M, Bell D, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Betz CS, Blay JY, Bleier BS, Bonilla-Velez J, Callejas C, Carrau RL, Casiano RR, Castelnuovo P, Chandra RK, Chatzinakis V, Chen SB, Chiu AG, Choby G, Chowdhury NI, Citardi MJ, Cohen MA, Dagan R, Dalfino G, Dallan I, Dassi CS, de Almeida J, Dei Tos AP, DelGaudio JM, Ebert CS, El-Sayed IH, Eloy JA, Evans JJ, Fang CH, Farrell NF, Ferrari M, Fischbein N, Folbe A, Fokkens WJ, Fox MG, Lund VJ, Gallia GL, Gardner PA, Geltzeiler M, Georgalas C, Getz AE, Govindaraj S, Gray ST, Grayson JW, Gross BA, Grube JG, Guo R, Ha PK, Halderman AA, Hanna EY, Harvey RJ, Hernandez SC, Holtzman AL, Hopkins C, Huang Z, Huang Z, Humphreys IM, Hwang PH, Iloreta AM, Ishii M, Ivan ME, Jafari A, Kennedy DW, Khan M, Kimple AJ, Kingdom TT, Knisely A, Kuo YJ, Lal D, Lamarre ED, Lan MY, Le H, Lechner M, Lee NY, Lee JK, Lee VH, Levine CG, Lin JC, Lin DT, Lobo BC, Locke T, Luong AU, Magliocca KR, Markovic SN, Matnjani G, McKean EL, Meço C, Mendenhall WM, Michel L, Na'ara S, Nicolai P, Nuss DW, Nyquist GG, Oakley GM, Omura K, Orlandi RR, Otori N, Papagiannopoulos P, Patel ZM, Pfister DG, Phan J, Psaltis AJ, Rabinowitz MR, Ramanathan M Jr, Rimmer R, Rosen MR, Sanusi O, Sargi ZB, Schafhausen P, Schlosser RJ, Sedaghat AR, Senior BA, Shrivastava R, Sindwani R, Smith TL, Smith KA, Snyderman CH, Solares CA, Sreenath SB, Stamm A, Stölzel K, Sumer B, Surda P, Tajudeen BA, Thompson LDR, Thorp BD, Tong CCL, Tsang RK, Turner JH, Turri-Zanoni M, Udager AM, van Zele T, VanKoevering K, Welch KC, Wise SK, Witterick IJ, Won TB, Wong SN, Woodworth BA, Wormald PJ, Yao WC, Yeh CF, Zhou B, Palmer JN
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2024 Feb;14(2):149-608. Epub 2024 Jan 2 doi: 10.1002/alr.23262. PMID: 37658764
An Overview Of The Management And Rehabilitation Of Dysphagia.
Nakao-Kato M, Rathore FA
J Pak Med Assoc 2023 Aug;73(8):1749-1752. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.23-61. PMID: 37697781
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Update on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Marur S, Forastiere AA
Mayo Clin Proc 2016 Mar;91(3):386-96. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.12.017. PMID: 26944243

Curated

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), Head and Neck Cancers, 2024

UK NICE Guideline NG12, Suspected cancer: recognition and referral, 2023

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nutritional prehabilitation in head and neck cancer: A systematic review of literature.
De Pasquale G, Mancin S, Matteucci S, Cattani D, Pastore M, Franzese C, Scorsetti M, Mazzoleni B
Clin Nutr ESPEN 2023 Dec;58:326-334. Epub 2023 Oct 31 doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.10.033. PMID: 38057023
Notch in Head and Neck Cancer.
Porcheri C, Mitsiadis TA
Adv Exp Med Biol 2021;1287:81-103. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-55031-8_7. PMID: 33034028
Global Burden of Head and Neck Cancer.
Rahman QB, Iocca O, Kufta K, Shanti RM
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2020 Aug;32(3):367-375. Epub 2020 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2020.04.002. PMID: 32482563
Head and neck cancer pathology: Old world versus new world disease.
Alfouzan AF
Niger J Clin Pract 2019 Jan;22(1):1-8. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_310_18. PMID: 30666013
Head and Neck Cancer and the Elderly Patient.
Cervenka BP, Rao S, Bewley AF
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2018 Aug;51(4):741-751. Epub 2018 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2018.03.004. PMID: 29801920

Diagnosis

Nutritional prehabilitation in head and neck cancer: A systematic review of literature.
De Pasquale G, Mancin S, Matteucci S, Cattani D, Pastore M, Franzese C, Scorsetti M, Mazzoleni B
Clin Nutr ESPEN 2023 Dec;58:326-334. Epub 2023 Oct 31 doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.10.033. PMID: 38057023
Exosomes in cancer.
Müller Bark J, Kulasinghe A, Amenábar JM, Punyadeera C
Adv Clin Chem 2021;101:1-40. Epub 2020 Aug 18 doi: 10.1016/bs.acc.2020.06.006. PMID: 33706886
Global Burden of Head and Neck Cancer.
Rahman QB, Iocca O, Kufta K, Shanti RM
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2020 Aug;32(3):367-375. Epub 2020 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2020.04.002. PMID: 32482563
Head and Neck Masses.
Yan K, Agrawal N, Gooi Z
Med Clin North Am 2018 Nov;102(6):1013-1025. Epub 2018 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.06.012. PMID: 30342605
Overview of the 8th Edition TNM Classification for Head and Neck Cancer.
Huang SH, O'Sullivan B
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2017 Jul;18(7):40. doi: 10.1007/s11864-017-0484-y. PMID: 28555375

Therapy

Meta-analysis of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer (MACH-NC): An update on 107 randomized trials and 19,805 patients, on behalf of MACH-NC Group.
Lacas B, Carmel A, Landais C, Wong SJ, Licitra L, Tobias JS, Burtness B, Ghi MG, Cohen EEW, Grau C, Wolf G, Hitt R, Corvò R, Budach V, Kumar S, Laskar SG, Mazeron JJ, Zhong LP, Dobrowsky W, Ghadjar P, Fallai C, Zakotnik B, Sharma A, Bensadoun RJ, Ruo Redda MG, Racadot S, Fountzilas G, Brizel D, Rovea P, Argiris A, Nagy ZT, Lee JW, Fortpied C, Harris J, Bourhis J, Aupérin A, Blanchard P, Pignon JP; MACH-NC Collaborative Group
Radiother Oncol 2021 Mar;156:281-293. Epub 2021 Jan 27 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.01.013. PMID: 33515668Free PMC Article
Targeting Head and Neck Cancer by Vaccination.
Wang C, Dickie J, Sutavani RV, Pointer C, Thomas GJ, Savelyeva N
Front Immunol 2018;9:830. Epub 2018 Apr 23 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00830. PMID: 29740440Free PMC Article
Head and neck cancer in Hong Kong.
Ng WT, Wong ECY, Lee VHF, Chan JYW, Lee AWM
Jpn J Clin Oncol 2018 Jan 1;48(1):13-21. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyx151. PMID: 29145620
Oncolytic virus therapy: A new era of cancer treatment at dawn.
Fukuhara H, Ino Y, Todo T
Cancer Sci 2016 Oct;107(10):1373-1379. Epub 2016 Sep 9 doi: 10.1111/cas.13027. PMID: 27486853Free PMC Article
Cetuximab in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer: the EXTREME trial.
Rivera F, García-Castaño A, Vega N, Vega-Villegas ME, Gutiérrez-Sanz L
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2009 Oct;9(10):1421-8. doi: 10.1586/era.09.113. PMID: 19828002

Prognosis

Dysphagia in patients with non-head and neck cancer.
Frowen J
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019 Jun;27(3):162-167. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000541. PMID: 30946062
Survival outcomes after treatment of cancer of the oral cavity (1985-2015).
Zanoni DK, Montero PH, Migliacci JC, Shah JP, Wong RJ, Ganly I, Patel SG
Oral Oncol 2019 Mar;90:115-121. Epub 2019 Feb 15 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.02.001. PMID: 30846169Free PMC Article
Follow-up program in head and neck cancer.
De Felice F, de Vincentiis M, Valentini V, Musio D, Mezi S, Lo Mele L, Terenzi V, D'Aguanno V, Cassoni A, Di Brino M, Tenore G, Bulzonetti N, Battisti A, Greco A, Pompa G, Minni A, Romeo U, Cortesi E, Polimeni A, Tombolini V
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2017 May;113:151-155. Epub 2017 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.03.012. PMID: 28427504
Survivorship in Head and Neck Cancer: A Primer.
Miller MC, Shuman AG; American Head and Neck Society’s Committee on Survivorship
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016 Oct 1;142(10):1002-1008. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.1615. PMID: 27414519
Salivary gland malignancies in children.
Yoshida EJ, García J, Eisele DW, Chen AM
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2014 Feb;78(2):174-8. Epub 2013 Nov 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.11.001. PMID: 24332197

Clinical prediction guides

Quantifying fibrosis in head and neck cancer treatment: An overview.
Moloney EC, Brunner M, Alexander AJ, Clark J
Head Neck 2015 Aug;37(8):1225-31. Epub 2014 Jul 11 doi: 10.1002/hed.23722. PMID: 24797251
Head and neck cancer patients' quality of life.
Nelke KH, Pawlak W, Gerber H, Leszczyszyn J
Adv Clin Exp Med 2014 Nov-Dec;23(6):1019-27. doi: 10.17219/acem/37361. PMID: 25618131
Epidemiologic trends in head and neck cancer and aids in diagnosis.
Vigneswaran N, Williams MD
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2014 May;26(2):123-41. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2014.01.001. PMID: 24794262Free PMC Article
Delineating an epigenetic continuum in head and neck cancer.
Worsham MJ, Stephen JK, Chen KM, Havard S, Shah V, Gardner G, Schweitzer VG
Cancer Lett 2014 Jan 28;342(2):178-84. Epub 2012 Mar 1 doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.02.018. PMID: 22388100Free PMC Article
Cetuximab in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer: the EXTREME trial.
Rivera F, García-Castaño A, Vega N, Vega-Villegas ME, Gutiérrez-Sanz L
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2009 Oct;9(10):1421-8. doi: 10.1586/era.09.113. PMID: 19828002

Recent systematic reviews

Expert Consensus Statement: Management of Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.
Kuhn MA, Gillespie MB, Ishman SL, Ishii LE, Brody R, Cohen E, Dhar SI, Hutcheson K, Jefferson G, Johnson F, Rameau A, Sher D, Starmer H, Strohl M, Ulmer K, Vaitaitis V, Begum S, Batjargal M, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Apr;168(4):571-592. doi: 10.1002/ohn.302. PMID: 36965195
Tube feeding in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy: A systematic review.
Bossola M, Antocicco M, Pepe G
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2022 Aug;46(6):1258-1269. Epub 2022 May 22 doi: 10.1002/jpen.2360. PMID: 35244947
Managing Cachexia in Head and Neck Cancer: a Systematic Scoping Review.
Mäkitie AA, Alabi RO, Orell H, Youssef O, Almangush A, Homma A, Takes RP, López F, de Bree R, Rodrigo JP, Ferlito A
Adv Ther 2022 Apr;39(4):1502-1523. Epub 2022 Feb 27 doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02074-9. PMID: 35224702Free PMC Article
Optimal Perioperative Care in Major Head and Neck Cancer Surgery With Free Flap Reconstruction: A Consensus Review and Recommendations From the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society.
Dort JC, Farwell DG, Findlay M, Huber GF, Kerr P, Shea-Budgell MA, Simon C, Uppington J, Zygun D, Ljungqvist O, Harris J
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Mar 1;143(3):292-303. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.2981. PMID: 27737447
American Cancer Society Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline.
Cohen EE, LaMonte SJ, Erb NL, Beckman KL, Sadeghi N, Hutcheson KA, Stubblefield MD, Abbott DM, Fisher PS, Stein KD, Lyman GH, Pratt-Chapman ML
CA Cancer J Clin 2016 May;66(3):203-39. Epub 2016 Mar 22 doi: 10.3322/caac.21343. PMID: 27002678

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    • NCCN, 2024
      NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), Head and Neck Cancers, 2024
    • NICE, 2023
      UK NICE Guideline NG12, Suspected cancer: recognition and referral, 2023

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