Head and neck cancer is a broad term for several types of cancers that include the mouth (oral cavity), throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx), sinuses and nose cavity, and salivary glands. Head and ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

Patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who received the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab before, during and after standard-of-care surgery had longer event-free survival without ...

The trial evaluates survival outcomes for recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma post-radiation therapy, comparing ...

For the last 20 years, the standard-of-care adjuvant treatment for resected pathologically defined high-risk resected locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (LA-SCCHN) has been ...

Merck & Co.’s Keytruda has become the first immunotherapy approved by the FDA to be used around surgery to treat resectable locally advanced head and neck cancer. But the breakthrough approval comes ...

Adding pembrolizumab (Keytruda), before and after surgery, to standard adjuvant therapy for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) prolonged event-free survival (EFS), the ...

Nivolumab with cisplatin and radiotherapy improved 3-year disease-free survival to 63.1% versus 52.5% in high-risk head and neck cancer patients. The trial enrolled 680 patients, with Opdivo ...

Evorpacept and Keytruda combination failed to meet primary endpoints in ASPEN-03 and ASPEN-04 trials for advanced HNSCC. The combination did not improve objective response rates compared to historical ...

The Global Head and Neck Cancer Diagnostic Market is set to grow significantly due to rising HPV-related cancer cases and ...

In this article, we use the example of head and neck cancer to show how concurrent chemoradiotherapy is used to treat a cancer where locoregional control is central for treatment success. The advent ...

Head and neck cancers affect the tissues of the mouth, throat, sinuses, and surrounding areas. They can impact crucial functions like breathing, swallowing, and talking. There are several types of ...