Progress and challenges of radiotherapy for oral cancer under the new mode of mul-tidisciplinary treatment
10.12354/j.issn.1000-8179.2024.20240360
- VernacularTitle:多学科综合治疗新模式下口腔癌放射治疗的进展与挑战
- Author:
Li LIN
1
;
Wang JINGBO
;
Yi JUNLIN
Author Information
1. 国家癌症中心/国家肿瘤临床医学研究中心/中国医学科学院北京协和医学院肿瘤医院放疗科(北京市 100021)
- Keywords:
oral cancer;
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma;
radiotherapy;
multidisciplinary treatment;
immunotherapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2024;51(19):980-987
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Oral cancer is one of the most prevalent malignant tumors of the head and neck region.In China,the incidence of oral cancer ranks second among all cancers of the head and neck and second only to that of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.More than 50%of patients with oral cancer are either at a locally advanced stage at initial diagnosis or have already developed distant metastasis.Depending on the cancer stage in a patient,multidisciplinary treatment,including surgery,radiotherapy,chemotherapy,immunotherapy,and targeted therapy,is cur-rently the standard treatment for oral cancer.Despite the variety of treatment modalities,the 2-/5-year overall survival rate of patients with oral cancer is rather low and cannot meet clinical needs.Therefore,there is an urgent need to develop more effective and comprehensive treatment modalities to improve the prognosis of oral cancer.In this study,we reviewed a new multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment mode for oral cancer in recent years and the progress in radiotherapy for oral cancer under this new mode.
