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Unresectable Head and Neck Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1716904
Concept ID:
C5236960
Neoplastic Process

Definition

Carcinoma that arises from the head and neck region and is not amenable to surgical resection. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Glick JH, Marcial V, Richter M, Velez-Garcia E
Cancer 1980 Nov 1;46(9):1919-24. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19801101)46:9<1919::aid-cncr2820460905>3.0.co;2-x. PMID: 6159067

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kibbi N, Owen JL, Worley B, Wang JX, Harikumar V, Downing MB, Aasi SZ, Aung PP, Barker CA, Bolotin D, Bordeaux JS, Cartee TV, Chandra S, Cho NL, Choi JN, Chung KY, Cliby WA, Dorigo O, Eisen DB, Fujisawa Y, Golda N, Halfdanarson TR, Iavazzo C, Jiang SIB, Kanitakis J, Khan A, Kim JYS, Kuzel TM, Lawrence N, Leitao MM Jr, MacLean AB, Maher IA, Mittal BB, Nehal KS, Ozog DM, Pettaway CA, Ross JS, Rossi AM, Servaes S, Solomon MJ, Thomas VD, Tolia M, Voelzke BB, Waldman A, Wong MK, Zhou Y, Arai N, Brackett A, Ibrahim SA, Kang BY, Poon E, Alam M
JAMA Oncol 2022 Apr 1;8(4):618-628. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7148. PMID: 35050310
Cantù G
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2021 Aug;41(4):296-307. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1729. PMID: 34533533Free PMC Article
Sun JM, Shen L, Shah MA, Enzinger P, Adenis A, Doi T, Kojima T, Metges JP, Li Z, Kim SB, Cho BC, Mansoor W, Li SH, Sunpaweravong P, Maqueda MA, Goekkurt E, Hara H, Antunes L, Fountzilas C, Tsuji A, Oliden VC, Liu Q, Shah S, Bhagia P, Kato K; KEYNOTE-590 Investigators
Lancet 2021 Aug 28;398(10302):759-771. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01234-4. PMID: 34454674
Posner MR, Hershock DM, Blajman CR, Mickiewicz E, Winquist E, Gorbounova V, Tjulandin S, Shin DM, Cullen K, Ervin TJ, Murphy BA, Raez LE, Cohen RB, Spaulding M, Tishler RB, Roth B, Viroglio Rdel C, Venkatesan V, Romanov I, Agarwala S, Harter KW, Dugan M, Cmelak A, Markoe AM, Read PW, Steinbrenner L, Colevas AD, Norris CM Jr, Haddad RI; TAX 324 Study Group
N Engl J Med 2007 Oct 25;357(17):1705-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa070956. PMID: 17960013
Vermorken JB, Remenar E, van Herpen C, Gorlia T, Mesia R, Degardin M, Stewart JS, Jelic S, Betka J, Preiss JH, van den Weyngaert D, Awada A, Cupissol D, Kienzer HR, Rey A, Desaunois I, Bernier J, Lefebvre JL; EORTC 24971/TAX 323 Study Group
N Engl J Med 2007 Oct 25;357(17):1695-704. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa071028. PMID: 17960012

Diagnosis

Bourhis J, Burtness B, Licitra LF, Nutting C, Schoenfeld JD, Omar M, Bouisset F, Nauwelaerts H, Urfer Y, Zanna C, Cohen EE
Future Oncol 2022 May;18(14):1669-1678. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.2217/fon-2021-1634. PMID: 35172587
Kibbi N, Owen JL, Worley B, Wang JX, Harikumar V, Downing MB, Aasi SZ, Aung PP, Barker CA, Bolotin D, Bordeaux JS, Cartee TV, Chandra S, Cho NL, Choi JN, Chung KY, Cliby WA, Dorigo O, Eisen DB, Fujisawa Y, Golda N, Halfdanarson TR, Iavazzo C, Jiang SIB, Kanitakis J, Khan A, Kim JYS, Kuzel TM, Lawrence N, Leitao MM Jr, MacLean AB, Maher IA, Mittal BB, Nehal KS, Ozog DM, Pettaway CA, Ross JS, Rossi AM, Servaes S, Solomon MJ, Thomas VD, Tolia M, Voelzke BB, Waldman A, Wong MK, Zhou Y, Arai N, Brackett A, Ibrahim SA, Kang BY, Poon E, Alam M
JAMA Oncol 2022 Apr 1;8(4):618-628. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7148. PMID: 35050310
Cantù G
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2021 Aug;41(4):296-307. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1729. PMID: 34533533Free PMC Article
In GK, Thomas JS, Silk AW
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2021 Oct;35(5):991-1008. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2021.05.008. PMID: 34281755
Johnson DE, Burtness B, Leemans CR, Lui VWY, Bauman JE, Grandis JR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Nov 26;6(1):92. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-00224-3. PMID: 33243986Free PMC Article

Therapy

Kibbi N, Owen JL, Worley B, Wang JX, Harikumar V, Downing MB, Aasi SZ, Aung PP, Barker CA, Bolotin D, Bordeaux JS, Cartee TV, Chandra S, Cho NL, Choi JN, Chung KY, Cliby WA, Dorigo O, Eisen DB, Fujisawa Y, Golda N, Halfdanarson TR, Iavazzo C, Jiang SIB, Kanitakis J, Khan A, Kim JYS, Kuzel TM, Lawrence N, Leitao MM Jr, MacLean AB, Maher IA, Mittal BB, Nehal KS, Ozog DM, Pettaway CA, Ross JS, Rossi AM, Servaes S, Solomon MJ, Thomas VD, Tolia M, Voelzke BB, Waldman A, Wong MK, Zhou Y, Arai N, Brackett A, Ibrahim SA, Kang BY, Poon E, Alam M
JAMA Oncol 2022 Apr 1;8(4):618-628. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7148. PMID: 35050310
Sun JM, Shen L, Shah MA, Enzinger P, Adenis A, Doi T, Kojima T, Metges JP, Li Z, Kim SB, Cho BC, Mansoor W, Li SH, Sunpaweravong P, Maqueda MA, Goekkurt E, Hara H, Antunes L, Fountzilas C, Tsuji A, Oliden VC, Liu Q, Shah S, Bhagia P, Kato K; KEYNOTE-590 Investigators
Lancet 2021 Aug 28;398(10302):759-771. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01234-4. PMID: 34454674
Johnson DE, Burtness B, Leemans CR, Lui VWY, Bauman JE, Grandis JR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Nov 26;6(1):92. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-00224-3. PMID: 33243986Free PMC Article
Marabelle A, Le DT, Ascierto PA, Di Giacomo AM, De Jesus-Acosta A, Delord JP, Geva R, Gottfried M, Penel N, Hansen AR, Piha-Paul SA, Doi T, Gao B, Chung HC, Lopez-Martin J, Bang YJ, Frommer RS, Shah M, Ghori R, Joe AK, Pruitt SK, Diaz LA Jr
J Clin Oncol 2020 Jan 1;38(1):1-10. Epub 2019 Nov 4 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02105. PMID: 31682550Free 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

Prognosis

Tao Y, Sun XS, Pointreau Y, Le Tourneau C, Sire C, Kaminsky MC, Coutte A, Alfonsi M, Calderon B, Boisselier P, Martin L, Miroir J, Ramee JF, Delord JP, Clatot F, Rolland F, Villa J, Magne N, Elicin O, Gherga E, Nguyen F, Lafond C, Bera G, Calugaru V, Geoffrois L, Chauffert B, Damstrup L, Crompton P, Ennaji A, Gollmer K, Nauwelaerts H, Bourhis J
Eur J Cancer 2023 Apr;183:24-37. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.12.015. PMID: 36796234
Cantù G
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2021 Aug;41(4):296-307. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1729. PMID: 34533533Free PMC Article
Johnson DE, Burtness B, Leemans CR, Lui VWY, Bauman JE, Grandis JR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Nov 26;6(1):92. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-00224-3. PMID: 33243986Free PMC Article
Bradley JD, Hu C, Komaki RR, Masters GA, Blumenschein GR, Schild SE, Bogart JA, Forster KM, Magliocco AM, Kavadi VS, Narayan S, Iyengar P, Robinson CG, Wynn RB, Koprowski CD, Olson MR, Meng J, Paulus R, Curran WJ Jr, Choy H
J Clin Oncol 2020 Mar 1;38(7):706-714. Epub 2019 Dec 16 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.01162. PMID: 31841363Free PMC Article
Strom T, Wishka C, Caudell JJ
Cancer Control 2016 Jan;23(1):6-11. doi: 10.1177/107327481602300103. PMID: 27009451

Clinical prediction guides

Sun JM, Shen L, Shah MA, Enzinger P, Adenis A, Doi T, Kojima T, Metges JP, Li Z, Kim SB, Cho BC, Mansoor W, Li SH, Sunpaweravong P, Maqueda MA, Goekkurt E, Hara H, Antunes L, Fountzilas C, Tsuji A, Oliden VC, Liu Q, Shah S, Bhagia P, Kato K; KEYNOTE-590 Investigators
Lancet 2021 Aug 28;398(10302):759-771. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01234-4. PMID: 34454674
Lee NY, Ferris RL, Psyrri A, Haddad RI, Tahara M, Bourhis J, Harrington K, Chang PM, Lin JC, Razaq MA, Teixeira MM, Lövey J, Chamois J, Rueda A, Hu C, Dunn LA, Dvorkin MV, De Beukelaer S, Pavlov D, Thurm H, Cohen E
Lancet Oncol 2021 Apr;22(4):450-462. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30737-3. PMID: 33794205
Johnson DE, Burtness B, Leemans CR, Lui VWY, Bauman JE, Grandis JR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Nov 26;6(1):92. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-00224-3. PMID: 33243986Free PMC Article
Bradley JD, Hu C, Komaki RR, Masters GA, Blumenschein GR, Schild SE, Bogart JA, Forster KM, Magliocco AM, Kavadi VS, Narayan S, Iyengar P, Robinson CG, Wynn RB, Koprowski CD, Olson MR, Meng J, Paulus R, Curran WJ Jr, Choy H
J Clin Oncol 2020 Mar 1;38(7):706-714. Epub 2019 Dec 16 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.01162. PMID: 31841363Free 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

Recent systematic reviews

Kibbi N, Owen JL, Worley B, Wang JX, Harikumar V, Downing MB, Aasi SZ, Aung PP, Barker CA, Bolotin D, Bordeaux JS, Cartee TV, Chandra S, Cho NL, Choi JN, Chung KY, Cliby WA, Dorigo O, Eisen DB, Fujisawa Y, Golda N, Halfdanarson TR, Iavazzo C, Jiang SIB, Kanitakis J, Khan A, Kim JYS, Kuzel TM, Lawrence N, Leitao MM Jr, MacLean AB, Maher IA, Mittal BB, Nehal KS, Ozog DM, Pettaway CA, Ross JS, Rossi AM, Servaes S, Solomon MJ, Thomas VD, Tolia M, Voelzke BB, Waldman A, Wong MK, Zhou Y, Arai N, Brackett A, Ibrahim SA, Kang BY, Poon E, Alam M
JAMA Oncol 2022 Apr 1;8(4):618-628. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7148. PMID: 35050310
Yang B, Liang J, Qu Z, Yang F, Liao Z, Gou H
PLoS One 2020;15(2):e0227475. Epub 2020 Feb 19 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227475. PMID: 32074102Free PMC Article
Su Y, Cui J, Xu D, Wang M, Xu T, Tian H, Han F
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2018 Apr;124:11-20. Epub 2018 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2018.02.006. PMID: 29548481
Bhattasali O, Holliday E, Kies MS, Hanna EY, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Morrison WH, Gunn GB, Fuller CD, Zhu XR, Frank SJ
Head Neck 2016 Apr;38 Suppl 1:E1472-80. Epub 2015 Nov 11 doi: 10.1002/hed.24262. PMID: 26561041
O'Neill JP, Shaha AR
Oral Oncol 2013 Jul;49(7):702-6. Epub 2013 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.03.440. PMID: 23583302

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