作者: C. Le Tourneau
关键词: Head and neck cancer 、 Targeted therapy 、 Monoclonal antibody 、 Cancer research 、 Cancer 、 Cetuximab 、 Adenoid cystic carcinoma 、 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 、 Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma 、 Pathology 、 Medicine
摘要: The emergence of molecularly targeted therapy did not spare head and neck cancers. Head squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) were indeed one the first tumor types to get a agent approved (cetuximab, monoclonal antibody targeting EGFR), only in recurrent or metastatic setting but also locally advanced setting. However, development agents inhibiting non-EGFR targets appears be complex. This article summarizes recent data on most frequent cancers including HNSCC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma adenoid cystic salivary glands. Challenges for these are then discussed.