Current approaches to head and neck cancer treatment

03/2018

MUDr. Milan Vošmik, Ph.D.

Klinika onkologie radioterapie LF UK a FN Hradec Králové

SUMMARY

The present review summarizes current treatment approaches for head and neck tumors. The basic therapeutic modalities for squamous cell carcinomas are surgery and radiotherapy. Systemic treatment is a part of concurrent chemoradiotherapy or it is indicated with a palliative intent alone. A new approach to palliative treatment is the use of immunotherapy. A partly different approach compared to other head and neck tumors is taken into consideration in nasopharyngeal cancer and salivary gland tumors.

KEY WORDS

head and neck cancer, surgery, radiotherapy, systemic treatment