AHNS SeriesDo you know your guidelines? Guideline recommended follow-up and surveillance of head and neck cancer survivors

作者：Roman Benjamin R; Goldenberg David; Givi Babak

来源：Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck, 2016, 38(2): 168-174.

DOI：10.1002/hed.24100

• head and neck cancer
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
• cancer survivorship
• multidisciplinary
• surveillance
• guidelines

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.

• 出版日期2016-2