ReviewCancers2021
Paradigm Change in First-Line Treatment of Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors for recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Immunotherapy · 2026Pooled it
- PD-L1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A key biomarker from the laboratory to the bedside.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2022Pooled it
- Co-expression of non-signaling CARs enhances EGFRvIII-specific CAR T-cell cytotoxicity against head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma, Head and Neck, and Triple-Negative Breast Cancers.Journal of cellular immunology · 2025Article
- NSUN2 Promotes Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression by Targeting EMT-Related Gene LAMC2 in an mBiomedicines · 2024Article
- Integrative pan-cancer analysis reveals the prognostic and immunotherapeutic value of ALKBH7 in HNSC.Aging · 2024Article
- Immunosignatures associated with TP53 status and co-mutations classify prognostically head and neck cancer patients.Molecular cancer · 2023Article
- Overcoming anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade resistance: the role of macrophage, neutrophils and mast cells in the tumor microenvironment.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Review
- The effect of opioids on the efficacy of immunotherapy in recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.Oral oncology · 2023Article
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- Mast Cells and Dendritic Cells as Cellular Immune Checkpoints in Immunotherapy of Solid Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- A Novel CXCR4-Targeted Diphtheria Toxin Nanoparticle Inhibits Invasion and Metastatic Dissemination in a Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Mouse Model.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- CD44, γ-H2AX, and p-ATM Expressions in Short-Term Ex Vivo Culture of Tumour Slices Predict the Treatment Response in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy has been for the decade standard of care for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) patients in the first-line recurrent and/or metastatic setting. The KEYNOTE-048 trial published last year established a new paradigm in this setting with the demonstration that immunotherapy should be given either alone or in combination with chemotherapy. Indeed, pembrolizumab, an antiprogrammed cell death 1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitor, improved overall survival as compared to the EXTREME regimen in patients expressing PD-L1 in the tumor microenvironment, which represents a large majority of the patient population. In this review, we will decipher this important change of paradigm in the first-line treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic HNSCC, and discuss associated challenges.
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