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Refractory Head and Neck Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1663169
Concept ID:
C4726548
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A head and neck carcinoma that does not respond to treatment. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Javle M, King G, Spencer K, Borad MJ
Oncologist 2023 Nov 2;28(11):928-943. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad149. PMID: 37390492Free PMC Article
Colombo E, Ottini A, Licitra L
Curr Opin Oncol 2023 Jan 1;35(1):15-21. Epub 2022 Nov 21 doi: 10.1097/CCO.0000000000000921. PMID: 36475458Free PMC Article
Pei R, Shi Y, Lv S, Dai T, Zhang F, Liu S, Wu B
JAMA Netw Open 2021 May 3;4(5):e218065. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8065. PMID: 33956130Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Giovanella L, Tuncel M, Aghaee A, Campenni A, De Virgilio A, Petranović Ovčariček P
Semin Nucl Med 2024 Jul;54(4):470-487. Epub 2024 Mar 19 doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2024.01.011. PMID: 38503602
Gavrielatou N, Fortis E, Spathis A, Anastasiou M, Economopoulou P, Foukas GRP, Lelegiannis IM, Rusakiewicz S, Vathiotis I, Aung TN, Tissot S, Kastrinou A, Kotsantis I, Vagia EM, Panayiotides I, Rimm DL, Coukos G, Homicsko K, Foukas P, Psyrri A
Ann Oncol 2024 Apr;35(4):340-350. Epub 2023 Dec 28 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.12.011. PMID: 38159908
Häuser W, Welsch P, Radbruch L, Fisher E, Bell RF, Moore RA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Jun 5;6(6):CD014915. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014915.pub2. PMID: 37283486Free PMC Article
Yilmaz E, Ismaila N, Bauman JE, Dabney R, Gan G, Jordan R, Kaufman M, Kirtane K, McBride SM, Old MO, Rooper L, Saba NF, Sheth S, Subramaniam RM, Wise-Draper TM, Wong D, Mell LK
J Clin Oncol 2023 Feb 10;41(5):1132-1146. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02328. PMID: 36521102
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington K, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Iglesias Docampo LC, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Monga M, Lynch M, Geese WJ, Kopit J, Shaw JW, Gillison ML
N Engl J Med 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1856-1867. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602252. PMID: 27718784Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Li H, Liu Z, Liu L, Zhang H, Han C, Girard L, Park H, Zhang A, Dong C, Ye J, Rayford A, Peyton M, Li X, Avila K, Cao X, Hu S, Alam MM, Akbay EA, Solis LM, Behrens C, Hernandez-Ruiz S, Lu W, Wistuba I, Heymach JV, Chisamore M, Micklem D, Gabra H, Gausdal G, Lorens JB, Li B, Fu YX, Minna JD, Brekken RA
Cell Rep Med 2022 Mar 15;3(3):100554. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100554. PMID: 35492873Free PMC Article
Xu Y, Gao Z, Hu R, Wang Y, Wang Y, Su Z, Zhang X, Yang J, Mei M, Ren Y, Li M, Zhou X
J Immunother Cancer 2021 Oct;9(10) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002699. PMID: 34697216Free PMC Article
Pei R, Shi Y, Lv S, Dai T, Zhang F, Liu S, Wu B
JAMA Netw Open 2021 May 3;4(5):e218065. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8065. PMID: 33956130Free PMC Article
Yokota T, Homma A, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Hanai N, Asakage T, Matsuura K, Ogawa T, Saito Y, Sano D, Kodaira T, Motegi A, Yasuda K, Takahashi S, Tanaka K, Onoe T, Okano S, Imamura Y, Ariizumi Y, Hayashi R; Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) Head and Neck Cancer Study Group
Jpn J Clin Oncol 2020 Sep 28;50(10):1089-1096. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa139. PMID: 32776100
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

Therapy

Häuser W, Welsch P, Radbruch L, Fisher E, Bell RF, Moore RA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Jun 5;6(6):CD014915. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014915.pub2. PMID: 37283486Free PMC Article
Zhang L, Feng Q, Wang J, Tan Z, Li Q, Ge M
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2023 Jul;1878(4):188928. Epub 2023 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2023.188928. PMID: 37257629
Yilmaz E, Ismaila N, Bauman JE, Dabney R, Gan G, Jordan R, Kaufman M, Kirtane K, McBride SM, Old MO, Rooper L, Saba NF, Sheth S, Subramaniam RM, Wise-Draper TM, Wong D, Mell LK
J Clin Oncol 2023 Feb 10;41(5):1132-1146. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02328. PMID: 36521102
Cascone T, Fradette J, Pradhan M, Gibbons DL
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2022 May 27;12(5) doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a037895. PMID: 34580079Free PMC Article
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington K, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Iglesias Docampo LC, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Monga M, Lynch M, Geese WJ, Kopit J, Shaw JW, Gillison ML
N Engl J Med 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1856-1867. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602252. PMID: 27718784Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Gavrielatou N, Fortis E, Spathis A, Anastasiou M, Economopoulou P, Foukas GRP, Lelegiannis IM, Rusakiewicz S, Vathiotis I, Aung TN, Tissot S, Kastrinou A, Kotsantis I, Vagia EM, Panayiotides I, Rimm DL, Coukos G, Homicsko K, Foukas P, Psyrri A
Ann Oncol 2024 Apr;35(4):340-350. Epub 2023 Dec 28 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.12.011. PMID: 38159908
Xu Y, Gao Z, Hu R, Wang Y, Wang Y, Su Z, Zhang X, Yang J, Mei M, Ren Y, Li M, Zhou X
J Immunother Cancer 2021 Oct;9(10) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002699. PMID: 34697216Free PMC Article
Pu W, Shi X, Yu P, Zhang M, Liu Z, Tan L, Han P, Wang Y, Ji D, Gan H, Wei W, Lu Z, Qu N, Hu J, Hu X, Luo Z, Li H, Ji Q, Wang J, Zhang X, Wang YL
Nat Commun 2021 Oct 18;12(1):6058. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26343-3. PMID: 34663816Free PMC Article
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington K, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Iglesias Docampo LC, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Monga M, Lynch M, Geese WJ, Kopit J, Shaw JW, Gillison ML
N Engl J Med 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1856-1867. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602252. PMID: 27718784Free PMC Article
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

Clinical prediction guides

Javle M, King G, Spencer K, Borad MJ
Oncologist 2023 Nov 2;28(11):928-943. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad149. PMID: 37390492Free PMC Article
Yilmaz E, Ismaila N, Bauman JE, Dabney R, Gan G, Jordan R, Kaufman M, Kirtane K, McBride SM, Old MO, Rooper L, Saba NF, Sheth S, Subramaniam RM, Wise-Draper TM, Wong D, Mell LK
J Clin Oncol 2023 Feb 10;41(5):1132-1146. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02328. PMID: 36521102
Xu Y, Gao Z, Hu R, Wang Y, Wang Y, Su Z, Zhang X, Yang J, Mei M, Ren Y, Li M, Zhou X
J Immunother Cancer 2021 Oct;9(10) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002699. PMID: 34697216Free PMC Article
Cohen EEW, Bell RB, Bifulco CB, Burtness B, Gillison ML, Harrington KJ, Le QT, Lee NY, Leidner R, Lewis RL, Licitra L, Mehanna H, Mell LK, Raben A, Sikora AG, Uppaluri R, Whitworth F, Zandberg DP, Ferris RL
J Immunother Cancer 2019 Jul 15;7(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0662-5. PMID: 31307547Free PMC Article
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

Jiménez-Labaig P, Rullan A, Hernando-Calvo A, Llop S, Bhide S, O'Leary B, Braña I, Harrington KJ
Cancer Treat Rev 2024 Jul;128:102772. Epub 2024 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2024.102772. PMID: 38820656
Häuser W, Welsch P, Radbruch L, Fisher E, Bell RF, Moore RA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Jun 5;6(6):CD014915. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014915.pub2. PMID: 37283486Free PMC Article
Botticelli A, Cirillo A, Strigari L, Valentini F, Cerbelli B, Scagnoli S, Cerbelli E, Zizzari IG, Rocca CD, D'Amati G, Polimeni A, Nuti M, Merlano MC, Mezi S, Marchetti P
Front Immunol 2021;12:705096. Epub 2021 Aug 9 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.705096. PMID: 34434192Free PMC Article
Guidi A, Codecà C, Ferrari D
Med Oncol 2018 Feb 13;35(3):37. doi: 10.1007/s12032-018-1096-5. PMID: 29441454
Dogan V, Rieckmann T, Münscher A, Busch CJ
Clin Otolaryngol 2018 Feb;43(1):13-21. Epub 2017 May 29 doi: 10.1111/coa.12895. PMID: 28464441

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