AHNS Series: Do you know your guidelines?Principles of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A review of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines

• Published in: Head & neck 2016-07, Vol.38 (7), p.987-992
• Main Authors: Gooi, Zhen, Fakhry, Carole, Goldenberg, David, Richmon, Jeremy, Kiess, Ana P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Combined Modality Therapy; Disease-Free Survival; Dose Fractionation; Evidence-Based Medicine; Female; Guideline Adherence; guidelines; head and neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; Male; National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN); Neoplasm Invasiveness - pathology; Neoplasm Staging; Practice Guidelines as Topic; principles; radiation; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Radiotherapy, Conformal - methods; Societies, Medical; Survival Analysis; United States
• ISSN: 1043-3074; 1097-0347
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.24448

ABSTRACT This article is a continuation of the “Do You Know Your Guidelines” series, an initiative of the American Head and Neck Society's Education Committee to increase awareness of current best practices pertaining to head and neck cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for radiotherapy in the treatment for head and neck cancers are reviewed here in a systematic fashion according to site and stage. These guidelines outline indications for primary and adjuvant treatment, as well as general principles of radiotherapy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: 987–992, 2016