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AHNS Series—Do you know your guidelines? Guideline recommended follow‐up and surveillance of head and neck cancer survivors
Author(s) -
Roman Benjamin R.,
Goldenberg David,
Givi Babak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.24100
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , guideline , head and neck , intensive care medicine , cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , surgery , pathology , nursing
In this first article of the “Do You Know Your Guidelines” series, we review National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommendations and underlying evidence for the follow‐up and surveillance of head and neck cancer survivors. The goals of follow‐up and surveillance care are (1) to maximize long‐term oncologic outcomes of therapy with appropriate evaluation for recurrence, (2) to maximize functional and quality of life outcomes, and (3) minimizing unnecessary and harmful low‐value care. Finding the right balance of testing and surveillance is a challenge for providers and patients. Herein, we review all NCCN recommendations for head and neck cancer survivors. We pay particular attention to an area of controversy: the use of ongoing surveillance imaging, in particular, PET/CT scans. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38 : 168–174, 2016