Immunotherapeutic studies of head and neck tumors. Highlights of the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

摘要

Immunotherapeutic drugs in the form of novel immune checkpoint inhibitors have had a significant impact on and revival of the treatment standards for head and neck tumors. Recently, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) several innovative immunotherapies in head and neck cancer were presented, which might lead to a paradigm shift in the palliative as well as curative setting in the near future.