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

Head Neck. 2017 Sep;39(9):1729-1732. doi: 10.1002/hed.24816. Epub 2017 Jun 27.

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 (NCCN) guidelines for primary and adjuvant treatment of cancer of the glottic larynx are reviewed here in a systematic fashion according to stage.

Keywords: National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines; glottic cancer; laryngeal cancer; treatment; voice preservation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Chemoradiotherapy / standards
  • Female
  • Glottis / pathology
  • Glottis / surgery*
  • Guideline Adherence*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Laryngectomy / standards
  • Male
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards
  • Societies, Medical / standards
  • United States