The OncLive Head and Neck Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on treatment for patients with head and neck cancer. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research within head and neck cancer.
July 3rd 2024
The American Society for Radiation Oncology has released a guideline to characterize the place of radiation therapy in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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8th Annual School of Nursing Oncology™
August 10, 2024
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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2023 ASCO Direct™ Highlights: Practice-Changing Data From the Leading Oncology Conference
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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BURST CME™: Illuminating the Crossroads of Precision Medicine and Targeted Treatment Options in Metastatic CRC
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Speed Critical With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
November 3rd 2016Enrolling clinical trials can be a long process, especially in rare diseases with limited patient populations. This is a particularly significant issue for patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer, an extremely rare and aggressive disease.
Jena D. French on Anti-PD-1/Lenvatinib Combo in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
November 3rd 2016Jena D. French, PhD, instructor of medicine, division of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, discusses the potential for immunotherapy combinations with lenvatinib in differentiated thyroid cancer.
Expert Emphasizes Lack of Treatment Options for Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Though some patients with medullary thyroid cancer can live with their disease without progression for long periods of time, the majority will eventually enter a phase in which their cancer becomes much more aggressive.
KRAS-Variant HNSCC Outcomes May Improve With Cetuximab
Patients with head and neck cancer whose disease is associated with KRAS variant had significantly better progression-free survival and overall survival when treated with the monoclonal antibody cetuximab, according to findings of a retrospective analysis of a randomized trial.
Pembrolizumab Approval Is Tip of the Iceberg for Immunotherapy in HNSCC
September 21st 2016Barbara A. Burtness, MD, discussed the potential role for immunotherapy in frontline head and neck cancer, as well as the possible benefit of using it in combination with standard treatments, including radiation and chemotherapy.
Dr. Frakes on Late Toxicities in HPV-Associated Oropharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma
September 16th 2016Jessica Frakes, MD, assistant member, Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses some of the late toxicities seen in patients with HPV-positive oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma.
Dr. Randolph on Evolving Role of Surgery for Patients With Thyroid Cancer
September 6th 2016Gregory W. Randolph, MD, director, General and Thyroid Surgical Services, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses how the role of surgery has evolved for patients with thyroid cancer.
Expert Says Nivolumab Poised to Change Standard of Care in SCCHN
August 23rd 2016Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, discusses the findings of the CheckMate-141 study, potential biomarkers for nivolumab (Opdivo), and questions that remain regarding the use of the immunotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Pembrolizumab to Have Critical Role in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
August 21st 2016Joshua M. Bauml, MD, discusses the impact of pembrolizumab's (Keytruda's) success in recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the results of the KEYNOTE-055 study, and what he sees on the horizon for the PD-1 inhibitor in this field.
Patient Resistance to Swallowing Exercises After Multimodality Therapy
August 17th 2016Giselle Carnaby, PhD, professor, ASHA fellow, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Florida, discusses rehabilitation of swallowing after multimodality therapy in patients with head and neck cancer, and why they may be resistant to it.
Dr. Joshua M. Bauml on Pembrolizumab Versus Chemo in Head and Neck Cancers
August 16th 2016Joshua M. Bauml, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, discusses the differences between pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and cytotoxic chemotherapies.
Dr. Nussenbaum on Organ Preservation for Patients With Larynx Cancer
August 10th 2016Brian Nussenbaum, MD, Christy J. and Richard S. Hawes III Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, vice chair of Clinical Affairs, patient safety officer, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses which patients with larynx cancer are eligible for organ preservation surgery.
Dr. Ferris on FDA Approval of Pembrolizumab in Head and Neck Cancer
August 6th 2016Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, vice chair for Clinical Operations, associate director for Translational Research, and coleader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, discusses the impact of the FDA approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer.