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ReviewCancers2021

Recent Advances and Future Directions in Clinical Management of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Jameel Muzaffar, Shahla Bari, Kedar Kirtane, Christine H Chung

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
21.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. A systematic review and network meta-analysis of therapies for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with different HPV status.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025
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  16. Identification of a gene score related to antigen processing and presentation machinery for predicting prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its potential implications for immunotherapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jameel MuzaffarMoffitt Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck-Endocrine Oncology, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Shahla BariHematology Oncology Fellow, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Kedar KirtaneMoffitt Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck-Endocrine Oncology, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1302-9577
Christine H ChungMoffitt Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck-Endocrine Oncology, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Moffitt Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common cancer arising in the head and neck region. The most common risk factors are smoking, excessive drinking, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. While the overall incidence of smoking is decreasing, the incidence of HPV-related HNSCC is increasing in the United States and Western Europe, which led to a shift in understanding of the pathophysiology, treatment, and prognosis of this disease. The outcomes for non-metastatic HNSCC remains very encouraging and continues to improve. Advances in radiation technology and techniques, better organ preserving surgical options, and multidisciplinary treatment modalities have improved cure rates for locally advanced HNSCC patients. The treatment of metastatic disease, however, remains an area of need. The advancement of immune checkpoint inhibitors has provided significantly better outcomes, but only a small proportion of patients obtain benefits. Most recurrent and/or metastatic HNSCC patients continue to have poor survival. This has led to the vigorous investigation of new biomarkers and biomarker-based therapies. Novel therapeutic options including adaptive cellular therapy and therapeutic vaccines are also on the horizon. In this review, we highlight the latest advances in the field of HNSCC and the future direction of research.

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biomarkerscisplatinclinical trialshead and neck squamous cell carcinomahuman papillomavirusimmunotherapyinduction chemotherapyprogrammed cell death protein 1 inhibitorsradiation therapysmoking

Identifiers

PMID33477635
PMCPMC7831487
OpenAlexW3124914776

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