Recommendations for the use of biomarkers for head and neck cancer, including salivary gland tumours: a consensus of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology and the Spanish Society of Pathology

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[Trigo J] HC Marbella International Hospital, Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), Marbella, Spain. [García-Cosío M] Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Spanish Society of Pathological Anatomy (SEAP), Madrid, Spain. [García-Castaño A] Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), Santander, Spain. [Gomà M] Bellvitge University Hospital, Spanish Society of Pathological Anatomy (SEAP), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. [Mesia-Nin R] Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), Badalona, Spain. [Ruiz-Bravo E] La Paz University Hospital, Spanish Society of Pathological Anatomy (SEAP), Madrid, Spain. [Braña-García I] Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), Barcelona, Spain. [Alberola-Ferranti M] Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Spanish Society of Pathological Anatomy (SEAP), Barcelona, Spain

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2022-09-12T09:54:26Z

2022-09-12T09:54:26Z

2022-10



Abstract

Epstein Barr virus; Prognosis; Response to treatment


Virus de Epstein Barr; Pronóstico; Respuesta al tratamiento


Virus d'Epstein Barr; Pronòstic; Resposta al tractament


The treatment of head and neck and salivary gland tumours is complicated and evolves constantly. Prognostic and predictive indicators of response to treatment are enormously valuable for designing individualized therapies, which justifies their research and validation. Some biomarkers, such as p16, Epstein–Barr virus, PD-L1, androgen receptors and HER-2, are already used routinely in clinical practice. These biomarkers, along with other markers that are currently under development, and the massively parallel sequencing of genes, ensure future advances in the treatment of these neoplasms. In this consensus, a group of experts in the diagnosis and treatment of tumours of the head and neck and salivary glands were selected by the Spanish Society of Pathology (Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica—SEAP) and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica—SEOM) to evaluate the currently available information and propose a series of recommendations to optimize the determination and daily clinical use of biomarkers.


SEOM and SEAP acknowledge the financial support for this project in the form of unrestricted collaboration in the logistics from AstraZeneca.

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English

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Springer

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