title: AHNS Series - Do you know your guidelines? Principles of treatment for nasopharyngeal 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 the management of nasopharyngeal cancer are reviewed here in a systematic fashion. These guidelines outline the workup, treatment and surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 201-205, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richmon
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Nishant
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Portugal
authors.affiliation: Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Everett
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vokes
authors.affiliation: Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Tanguy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seiwert
authors.affiliation: Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Vassiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saloura
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haraf
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State University College of Medicine and Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D000077274:Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States
keywords: Epstein-Barr virus; National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines; fiber-optic examination; fine-needle aspiration; nasopharyngeal cancer