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MEDICAL HISTORY AND RISK FACTORS

  • Past personal medical history and vascular risk factors:
  • Past surgical history:
  • Concurrent medication:
  • Allergies:
  • Smoking history: pack/y from age to age
  • Alcohol consumption:
  • Normal weight: Height: BMI:

PRESENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS

  • Main symptoms:
  • Nutritional status:
  • Speech and swallow function:
  • Dental status:
  • Psycho-social evaluation:
  • Geriatric assessment (if indicated)
  • Other relevant clinical conditions (autoimmune disease, renal impairment, etc.):

DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL STAGING

  • Physical examination (including H&N areas):
  • H&N endoscopy:
  • H&N CE-CT and/or MRI:
  • FDG-PET-CT scan:
  • TNM stage and grade:
    • Location:
      • Oral cavity
      • Oropharynx
      • Hypopharynx
      • Larynx
      • Unknown
    • Disease extension:
      • Local disease
      • Locoregional disease
      • Metastatic disease

HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

  • Core biopsy of primary tumor:
    • Squamous cell carcinoma
    • Other histology
  • Surgical specimen:
    • Tumor size (mm)
    • Growth pattern
    • Depth of invasion /DOI (mm) (oral cavity)
    • Lymphatic infiltration (y/n)
    • Perineural infiltration (y/n)
    • Surgical margins (positive/negative)
  • Lymph node evaluation:
    • Nº removed
    • Nº affected and location
    • Extracapsular extension (y/n)
  • Biomarker analysis:
    • HPV status (oropharynx)
    • PDL1- CPS (R/M disease)
    • EBV status (if unknown primary)
  • Tissue material available/stored for future molecular analyses: YES NO

MDT DISCUSSION AND DECISION (PRIMARY MALIGNANCY CENTERED)

  • Surgery
  • Adjuvant radiotherapy
  • Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
  • Definitive radiotherapy (early-stage disease)
  • Definitive Chemoradiotherapy
  • Definitive Bioradiotherapy (cetuximab)
  • Induction chemotherapy followed by Chemo/bioradiotherapy
  • Systemic therapy for advanced disease
  • Supportive and palliative care
  • Enrolment in a clinical trial

MDT DISCUSSION AND DECISION (TREATMENT SUPPORT CENTERED)

  • Need of upper-airway support
  • Need of nutritional support
  • Need of dental support
  • Need of speech and swallow support
  • Need of psycho-social support

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schedule supportive care: airway assessment, nutritional support, dental care, speech and swallow testing, and psycho-social support.