Head & Neck Cancers | Specialty

Dr. Mehanna on Goals of the Updated Staging System in HPV+ Head and Neck Cancer

February 27th 2019

Hisham Mehanna, PhD, BMedSc, MBChB, FRCS, chair, Head and Neck Surgery director, Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education at the School of Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, discusses goals of the updated staging system in HPV-positive head and neck cancer.

Dr. Cohen Discusses Research Questions in Head and Neck Cancer

February 22nd 2019

Ezra Cohen, MD, associate director, Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, discusses remaining questions regarding the use of immunotherapy in head and neck cancer that still need to be addressed.

Study Tests Preoperative Therapy for Easing Resection Burden in Rare Cancer

February 19th 2019

A recently launched clinical trial aims to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with nasal and paranasal squamous cell carcinoma (NPNSCC), a rare type of head and neck cancer that is challenging to treat and carries significant morbidity.

FDA Grants Pembrolizumab Priority Review for Frontline HNSCC

February 11th 2019

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental biologics license application for pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alone or in combination with platinum and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Microbial Metabolomics: A Search for the Missing Link to Cancer

February 8th 2019

Thanks to technological advances, the past several decades have witnessed a blossoming appreciation of the varied composition of these microbial communities, their complex and dynamic relationship with the host, and the way they affect health and disease.

Dr. Katzel on Differences in Therapy Between Men and Women With Head and Neck Cancer

February 1st 2019

Jed A. Katzel, MD, Hematology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, discusses differences in treatment decisions between men and women with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Mehanna on Implications of the Updated Staging System for HPV+ Head and Neck Cancer

January 29th 2019

Hisham Mehanna, PhD, BMedSc, MBChB, FRCS, chair, Head and Neck Surgery director, Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education at the School of Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, discusses the implications of the updated staging system for patients with HPV-positive head and neck cancer.

Dr. Cohen Discusses Promise of Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer

January 25th 2019

Ezra Cohen, MD, associate director, Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, discusses the promise of immunotherapy in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer.

IMvoke010 Trial to Assess Adjuvant Atezolizumab in SCCHN

December 22nd 2018

An ongoing randomized phase III study will compare the safety and efficacy of atezolizumab with placebo as adjuvant therapy after definitive local therapy in patients with high-risk, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Cemiplimab Combo Falls Short Versus Anti–PD-1 Monotherapy in HNSCC

December 19th 2018

The PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab in combination with radiotherapy, cyclophosphamide, and GM-CSF did not demonstrate efficacy superior to other PD-1 inhibitor monotherapies in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Real-World Findings Support Nivolumab Use in HNSCC

December 12th 2018

Nivolumab demonstrated durable response and overall survival rates in a real-world analysis of patients with platinum-refractory, recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Direct Targeting of RET Aberrations Moves Closer to the Clinic

December 11th 2018

Over the past 30 years, from the discovery of a fusion rearrangement to the recent promise of LOXO-292, RET targeting has gone from distant concept toward clinical reality.

Durvalumab Falls Short in Head and Neck Cancer

December 8th 2018

Durvalumab alone and in combination with tremelimumab did not improve overall survival versus standard-of-care chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy.

A Strategy Built on Shared Values May Help Boost HPV Vaccination Rate

December 4th 2018

Maurie Markman, MD, discusses the steps that the scientific community needs to take to increase public acceptance of the vaccine against the human papillomavirus.

Dr. Drilon Discusses the FDA Approval of Larotrectinib

November 27th 2018

Alexander Drilon, MD, medical oncologist, clinical director, Early Drug Development Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval larotrectinib in NTRK-positive cancers.

Burtness Breaks Down Pembrolizumab Data in HNSCC

November 26th 2018

Barbara A. Burtness, MD, discusses the impact that the KEYNOTE-048 data could have on the treatment of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

The HPV Puzzle: Quest to Deintensify Therapy in Oropharyngeal Cancer Continues

November 6th 2018

After more than 2 decades of change in the epidemiology of oropharyngeal cancers, the choice of optimal treatment for patients with human papillomavirus–positive disease remains elusive.

Dr. Burtness on Frontline Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer

November 1st 2018

Barbara Burtness, MD, professor of medicine, Yale Cancer Center, discusses frontline immunotherapy in head and neck cancer.

Advice for Managing Patients With Thyroid Cancer

October 26th 2018

Emerging Therapies in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

October 26th 2018