title: AHNS Series: Do you know your guidelines?Principles of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A review of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines.
abstract: This article is a continuation of the "Do You Know Your Guidelines" series, an initiative of the American Head and Neck Society's Education Committee to increase awareness of current best practices pertaining to head and neck cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for radiotherapy in the treatment for head and neck cancers are reviewed here in a systematic fashion according to site and stage. These guidelines outline indications for primary and adjuvant treatment, as well as general principles of radiotherapy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: 987-992, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gooi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fakhry
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richmon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Ana P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kiess
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000379:methods; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States
keywords: National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN); guidelines; head and neck cancer; principles; radiation