Transoral resection of pharyngeal cancer: Summary of a National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee Clinical Trials Planning Meeting, November 6-7, 2011, Arlington, Virginia

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: David J. Adelstein, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute; John A. Ridge, Fox Chase Cancer Center; David M. Brizel, Duke Cancer Institute; F. Christopher Holsinger, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Bruce H. Haughey, Washington University School of Medicine; Brian O'Sullivan, University of Toronto; Eric M. Genden, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Jonathan Beitler, Emory University; Gregory S. Weinstein, University of Pennsylvania; Harry Quon, Johns Hopkins University; Douglas B. Chepeha, University of Michigan; Robert L. Ferris, University of Pittsburgh; Randal S. Weber, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Benjamin Movsas, Henry Ford Hospital; John Waldron, University of Toronto; Val Lowe, Mayo Clinic; Scott Ramsey, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Judith Manola, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Bevan Yueh, University of Minnesota; Thomas E. Carey, University of Michigan; Justin E. Bekelman, University of Pennsylvania; Andre A. Konski, Wayne State University; Eric Moore, Mayo Clinic; Arlene Forastiere, Johns Hopkins University; David E. Schuller, Ohio State University; Jean Lynn, National Cancer Institute; Claudio Dansky Ullmann, National Cancer Institute
• Language: English
• Date: 2012-12-01
• Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: 2012
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hed.23136
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 12
• Start Page: 1681
• End Page: 1703
• Keywords: LYMPH-NODE METASTASES; Science & Technology; LONG-TERM DYSPHAGIA; LASER MICROSURGERY TLM; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT; LOCALLY ADVANCED HEAD; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; STAGE OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER; Surgery; SQUAMOUS-CELL-CARCINOMA; ADVANCED LARYNGEAL-CANCER; ROBOTIC SURGERY; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; Otorhinolaryngology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery; Health Sciences, Oncology

Abstract

Recent advances now permit resection of many pharyngeal tumors through the open mouth, an approach that can greatly reduce the morbidity of surgical exposure. These transoral techniques are being rapidly adopted by the surgical community and hold considerable promise. On November 6-7, 2011, the National Cancer Institute sponsored a Clinical Trials Planning Meeting to address how to further investigate the use of transoral surgery, both in the good prognosis human papillomavirus (HPV)-initiated oropharyngeal cancers, and in those with HPV-unrelated disease. The proceedings of this meeting are summarized. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2012 Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.