The Indian scenario of head and neck oncology - Challenging the dogmas.
Head and neck cancers (HNCs) are the most common malignancies worldwide. Asian populations bear major burden of this disease, with certain unique characteristics. Although significant research in HNCs is ongoing globally, many clinical issues still remain unanswered. We performed a literature search to find noteworthy Indian studies that changed practice of HNC as well as to look for areas for further research in this field. Many randomized controlled trials as well as large patient series are reported in the field of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgical management of HNC. Still, many areas such as palliative therapy, targeted agents, and newer chemotherapeutic agents remain unexplored. Planned collaborative research is need of the hour to provide more evidenced based.
Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Vidisha
V
Tuljapurkar
Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Harsh
H
Dhar
Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Aseem
A
Mishra
Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Swagnik
S
Chakraborti
Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pankaj
P
Chaturvedi
Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Prathamesh S
PS
Pai
Chemotherapy; head and neck cancers; radiation therapy; surgery