Robert I. Haddad, MD - The Power and Promise of Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer: How Established and Emerging Immune-Based Options Can Enhance Patient Care

Go online to PeerView.com/HVY860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. What is your sense of the “next steps” with practice-changing immunotherapy options for head and neck cancer (HNC)? Future advances will likely be driven by longer-term evidence in recurrent/metastatic disease, the use of immunotherapy in conjunction with surgery and radiotherapy, the potential of novel combinatorial regimens, and the emergence of newer PD-1–targeting therapies or innovative immune-based treatments. In this “Clinical Consult” activity, based on a live symposium held at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting and developed in collaboration with the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA), a panel of experts will use case-based conversations to illustrate the present and future of immunotherapy across lines of care in HNC and provide guidance on the next wave of innovation emerging from clinical trials. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Summarize updated clinical evidence and guideline recommendations regarding the use of checkpoint inhibitors and other immunotherapy options to treat the spectrum of head and neck cancer; Incorporate checkpoint inhibitors into treatment plans for resectable, locally advanced, and recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer based on current evidence, guideline recommendations, patient preferences, and availability of clinical trials; and Develop a management plan for immune-related adverse events associated with checkpoint inhibitors used as monotherapy or in conjunction with other modalities.