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ABSTRACT: Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common malignant tumor worldwide,
and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck accounts for more than 90% of head and
neck cancers. In China, the incidence of oral cavity and pharyngolaryngeal cancer is 3.28 per
100,000 with a mortality of 1.37 per 100,000, and the incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer
is 3.61 per 100,000 with a mortality was 1.99 per 100,000. In 2013, an expert consensus
conference was held in China with the aim of establishing the optimum multimodality
treatments that are applied in Chinese patients with squamous cell cancer of the head
and neck. The experts, who met to review the literature and discuss and modify treatment
strategies used in clinical practice in China, reached a consensus on the optimum therapy
approaches, which, in general, combine surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted
therapy. The experts strongly recommended that healthcare providers should integrate
proper medical resources into a collaborative group involving specialists in several disciplines
to agree upon and provide the most effective therapy for individual patients.
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Radiotherapy Department, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, South Road of Renmin Street, 4th District, No. 55, Chengdu, 610041,
People’s Republic of China
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Cancer Institute & Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dongan Road, Shanghai, 20003, People’s Republic of China
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Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, No. 651 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China
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Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, ZhiZaoju Road, No. 639, Shanghai, 200011,
People’s Republic of China
*Author for correspondence: langjy610@163.com
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Authors contributed equally
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