References for the head and neck cancer information centre

The information in the head and neck cancers information centre is based on our booklet, Understanding head and neck cancers, which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Stenson K. Epidemiology and risk factors for head and neck cancer. www.uptodate.com (accessed November 2009).

• Stenson K, Brockstein B. Overview of head and neck cancer. www.uptodate.com (accessed November 2009)

• Matta A, Ralhan R. Overview of current and future biologically based targeted therapies in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. www.headandneckoncology.org (accessed 2009).

• Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers. 2004. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

• Cetuximab for the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. June 2008. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

• Bernier J. Current State of the Art for Concurrent Chemoradiation. Seminars in Radiation Oncology. 2009. 19: 3-10.

• Harrison L, Sessions R, Hong W. Head and Neck Cancer, A Multidisciplinary Approach (Third Edition). 2009. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

• CancerHelp UK. www.cancerhelp.org.uk (accessed January 2010).

• Goon P, et al. HPV and head and neck cancer: a descriptive update. Head and Neck Oncology. 2009. 1:36: 1-8.

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced.