AHNS Series - Do you know your guidelines? Principles of treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer: A review of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines

Head Neck. 2017 Feb;39(2):201-205. doi: 10.1002/hed.24635. Epub 2016 Nov 29.

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 the management of nasopharyngeal cancer are reviewed here in a systematic fashion. These guidelines outline the workup, treatment and surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 201-205, 2017.

Keywords: Epstein-Barr virus; National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines; fiber-optic examination; fine-needle aspiration; nasopharyngeal cancer.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / epidemiology
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / radiotherapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymph Nodes / radiation effects*
  • Male
  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Prognosis
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / methods
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / standards*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Analysis
  • United States