Follow-up program in head and neck cancer

Francesca De Felice; Marco de Vincentiis; Valentino Valentini; Daniela Musio; Silvia Mezi; Luigi Lo Mele; Valentina Terenzi; Vittorio D'Aguanno; Andrea Cassoni; Martina Di Brino; Gianluca Tenore; Nadia Bulzonetti; Andrea Battisti; Antonio Greco; Giorgio Pompa; Antonio Minni; Umberto Romeo; Enrico Cortesi; Antonella Polimeni; Vincenzo Tombolini

doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.03.012

Follow-up program in head and neck cancer

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2017 May:113:151-155. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.03.012. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

Authors

Francesca De Felice¹, Marco de Vincentiis², Valentino Valentini³, Daniela Musio⁴, Silvia Mezi⁵, Luigi Lo Mele⁶, Valentina Terenzi³, Vittorio D'Aguanno², Andrea Cassoni³, Martina Di Brino⁶, Gianluca Tenore⁷, Nadia Bulzonetti⁴, Andrea Battisti³, Antonio Greco², Giorgio Pompa⁷, Antonio Minni², Umberto Romeo⁷, Enrico Cortesi⁵, Antonella Polimeni⁷, Vincenzo Tombolini⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiotherapy, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: fradefelice@hotmail.it.
² Department of Sense Organs, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiotherapy, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medical Oncology, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
⁶ Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
⁷ Departement of Odontostomatological Science, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.

PMID: 28427504
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.03.012

Abstract

Follow-up program in head and neck cancer (HNC) is an important issue in patients management. It represents the major dilemma in daily practice clinic. Many guidelines have been published in order to better define the best clinical protocol, but a consensus has not been attained yet. We constructed a follow-up program based on specific primary subsite, to standardize patients surveillance after treatment of HNC.

Keywords: Chemotherapy; Follow-up; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Disease Management
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Neoplasms / therapy*
Humans