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Head and Neck Cancers, Version 1.2015.

ABSTRACT: These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on recent updates to the 2015 NCCN Guidelines for Head and Neck (H&N) Cancers. These Insights describe the different types of particle therapy that may be used to treat H&N cancers, in contrast to traditional radiation therapy (RT) with photons (x-ray). Research is ongoing regarding the different types of particle therapy, including protons and carbon ions, with the goals of reducing the long-term side effects from RT and improving the therapeutic index. For the 2015 update, the NCCN H&N Cancers Panel agreed to delete recommendations for neutron therapy for salivary gland cancers, because of its limited availability, which has decreased over the past 2 decades; the small number of patients in the United States who currently receive this treatment; and concerns that the toxicity of neutron therapy may offset potential disease control advantages.

SUBMITTER: Pfister DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976490 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Head and Neck Cancers, Version 1.2015.

Pfister David G DG   Spencer Sharon S   Brizel David M DM   Burtness Barbara B   Busse Paul M PM   Caudell Jimmy J JJ   Cmelak Anthony J AJ   Colevas A Dimitrios AD   Dunphy Frank F   Eisele David W DW   Foote Robert L RL   Gilbert Jill J   Gillison Maura L ML   Haddad Robert I RI   Haughey Bruce H BH   Hicks Wesley L WL   Hitchcock Ying J YJ   Jimeno Antonio A   Kies Merrill S MS   Lydiatt William M WM   Maghami Ellie E   McCaffrey Thomas T   Mell Loren K LK   Mittal Bharat B BB   Pinto Harlan A HA   Ridge John A JA   Rodriguez Cristina P CP   Samant Sandeep S   Shah Jatin P JP   Weber Randal S RS   Wolf Gregory T GT   Worden Frank F   Yom Sue S SS   McMillian Nicole N   Hughes Miranda M  

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 20150701 7

These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on recent updates to the 2015 NCCN Guidelines for Head and Neck (H&N) Cancers. These Insights describe the different types of particle therapy that may be used to treat H&N cancers, in contrast to traditional radiation therapy (RT) with photons (x-ray). Research is ongoing regarding the different types of particle therapy, including protons and carbon ions, with the goals of reducing the long-term side effects from RT and improving the therapeutic index. For  ...[more]