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HNCIG provides a range of scientific resources to support researchers and clinicians involved in head and neck cancer research.

These include:

  • International consensus guidelines
  • Harmonised clinical trial datasets
  • Methodological frameworks for international studies
  • Publications from collaborative research projects.

Recent work includes the development of minimum datasets for head and neck cancer clinical trials and research, supporting global data harmonisation.

 

Recording of HNCIG Annual Meeting 2026 Session 4

Developing the HNCIG Platform for International Trials Moderator: Melvin L.K. Chua Governance | Puma Sundaresan Protocol Development | Petr Szturz [virtual] Data | Sujith Baliga [virtual] The Research Priority Areas of HNCIG | Hisham Mehanna New Project Proposals: Stereotactic boost and SHOrt-course Radiation Therapy for HPV-associated OroPharynx Cancer (S2HORT-OPC) Trial: A Randomized Multicentric Phase II-III Trial | Houda Bahig [virtual] Delphi Consensus on Immunotherapy Discontinuation | Michael Saarens Evidence-Based Practice for Older Cancer Patients with Head and Neck Malignancy (EPOCH-HN) | Colm Mac Eochagain [virtual]

Recording of HNCIG Annual Meeting 2026 Session 3

Updates on Ongoing Projects and Proposals International Consensus Guideline on Radical Treatment for Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Anne W.M. Lee Delphi Consensus Process for Guidelines for Treatment Selection, Delivery, and Monitoring of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy before Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer | Rahul Ladwa Guidelines on Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck cancer not responding to Immunotherapy | Sue Yom Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care Assessment and Protocols (HNCS-CAP) | Zsuzsanna Iyiboza [virtual] Common Baseline Dataset for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Registries | Markus Blaurock [virtual]

Recording of HNCIG Annual Meeting 2026 Session 2

Spotlight on Member Organization – Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group | Sweet Ping Ng

Recording of HNCIG Annual Meeting 2026 Session 1

Recording of the first session of the conference. General Assembly Moderator: James Bates Welcome to Brisbane | Sandro Porceddu Chair’s Update | Hisham Mehanna Financial Update | Andreas Dietz [virtual] Updates from Committee Chairs. Recently Completed HNCIG Projects: HNCIG Consensus Guidelines for Delivery of Postoperative Radiation Therapy in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck | Christopher Daniels Oligometastatic Delphi Consensus | Alexander Ruhle Artificial Intelligence Survey | Sujith Baliga [virtual] PORTHES-OC | Christina Henson

Programme for HNCIG Annual Meeting 2026
  • Publication

HNCIG Annual Meeting 2026 - 26th August in Brisbane, Australia

PrioRITi report
  • Consensus Documents
  • Research Updates

HNCIG Top 10 Research Priorities

HNCIG Minimum Database Dictionary
  • HNCIG Database

The HNCIG consensus minimum database and its accompanying data dictionary is available for use for research purposes. While HNCIG provides this resource at no cost to academic investigators, industry-sponsored studies will be subject to a licensing...

Publication of an international guideline for the delineation of the clinical target volumes (CTV) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • Consensus Documents
  • Guidelines
  • Publication

Members of the intergroup recently published an important guideline for delineation of the clinical target volumes (CTV) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The article appears in Radiother Oncol. 2017 Nov 15 (DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.10.032).