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.
September 17th 2024
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy improved organ preservation in nasal and paranasal sinus squamous cell carcinoma.
26th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
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2023 ASCO Direct™ Highlights: Practice-Changing Data From the Leading Oncology Conference
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PER LIVER CANCER TUMOR BOARD: How Do Evolving Data for Immune-Based Strategies in Resectable and Unresectable ...
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Annual Hematology Meeting: Preceding the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
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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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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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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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18th Annual New York GU Cancers Congress™
March 28-29, 2025
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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NICE Rejects Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer and AML
The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued guidelines recommending against pembrolizumab for use in treatment-naïve patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 with a combined positive score of ≥1.
Frontline Pembrolizumab Regimens Receive Japanese Approval in Head and Neck Cancer
December 20th 2019Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency has granted approval to frontline pembrolizumab as monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with recurrent or distant metastatic head and neck cancer.
Pembrolizumab Regimens Approved in EU for Frontline PD-L1+ HNSCC
November 20th 2019The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab as a monotherapy or in combination with platinum and 5-FU chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and PD-L1 expression (composite positive score ≥1) on their tumors.
Dr. Saba on Anticipated Research in Head and Neck Cancer
October 31st 2019Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP, director, Head and Neck Medical Oncology Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, and professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, discusses anticipated research in head and neck cancer.
SITC Introduces Guidelines for Anti–PD-1 Therapy in HNSCC
October 31st 2019Based on strong findings for efficacy and safety, as well as FDA approvals, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer has issued the first guidelines for the use of immunotherapy agents in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
EU Panel Backs Pembrolizumab Regimens for Frontline HNSCC
October 18th 2019The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of pembrolizumab as a monotherapy or in combination with platinum and 5-FU as frontline treatment for patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and PD-L1 expression on their tumors.
Dr. Saba Discusses Ongoing Research in Head and Neck Cancer
October 11th 2019Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP, director, Head and Neck Medical Oncology Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, discusses ongoing research in head and neck cancer.
Dr. Bourhis on Results of the Phase II Trial With Debio 1143 in Head and Neck Cancer
October 10th 2019Jean Bourhis, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, discusses the results of a phase II trial evaluating the addition of Debio 1143 to concurrent high-dose cisplatin and chemoradiation in high-risk patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Selpercatinib Shows Strong ORR in Thyroid Cancer, FDA Submission Expected
The highly selective RET inhibitor selpercatinib (formally LOXO-292) demonstrated robust objective response rates for patients with RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer and in those with other RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer.