Kurative Radiochemotherapie von Kopf-Hals-Tumoren

Christine Langer; Claus Wittekindt; Alexandra Désirée Jensen

doi:10.1055/a-1743-6389

TumorDiagnostik & Therapie, Inhaltsverzeichnis

TumorDiagnostik & Therapie 2022; 43(02): 120-132
DOI: 10.1055/a-1743-6389

Thieme Onkologie aktuell

Kurative Radiochemotherapie von Kopf-Hals-Tumoren

The role of chemoradiotherapy in curative treatment of head and neck cancer

Autor*innen

Christine Langer

¹HNO, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg Standort Gießen, Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf-Halschirurgie und plastische Operationen, Gießen, Germany
Claus Wittekindt

²HNO-Klinik, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Dortmund, Germany
Alexandra Désirée Jensen

³Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH Standort Gießen, Gießen, Germany

Abstract

Zusammenfassung

Radio- und Chemotherapie stellen sowohl als definitiver Therapieansatz als auch im adjuvanten Setting wesentliche Bestandteile der Behandlung von malignen Kopf-Hals-Tumoren dar. Der Behandlungserfolg ist hier wesentlich abhängig von Auswahl und Dosierung der verwendeten Substanzen sowie vom spezifischen radiotherapeutischen Setting in Bezug auf Fraktionierung, Therapiegesamtdauer und Bestrahlungstechnik.

Hinzu kommen Untersuchungen zur immunologisch basierten Therapie und strahlentherapeutischen Modifikation durch Evaluation der Partikeltherapie innerhalb oder additiv zu etablierten Behandlungskonzepten. Die Therapie HPV-induzierter Tumoren stellt aufgrund der differenten Tumorbiologie und des damit verbundenen verbesserten Gesamtüberlebens eine weitere aktuell untersuchte therapeutische Herausforderung dar.

Abstract

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are integral parts of definitive and adjuvant therapy in the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The outcome of therapy is essentially dependent on selection and dosage of chemotherapeutical substances and on the other hand on the radiotherapeutical setting concerning fractionation, time of therapy and technical aspects. Immunotherapeutical substances have an increasing role in the therapy of HNSCC as well as particle therapy is investigated as part of radiotherapy in actual studies. Further challenges relate to treatment of HPV-induced tumors with regard to their differences in tumor biology and consecutively better prognosis.

Schlüsselwörter

HNSCC - Radiochemotherapie - Radioimmuntherapie - Fraktionierung - Deintensivierung

Key words

HNSCC - chemoradiation - radiochemotherapy - radio-immunotherapy - fractionation

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