Immunotherapy in head and neck cancer: A review

Immunotherapy is one of the newer entities which is promising, at least can be very much helpful as an adjuvant therapy. This newer modality of the treatment in the field of cancer treatment may be the fourth pillar supporting surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Careful selection of patient is the key for success of immunotherapy, which is based on patient’s immunological contexture. In this article we will try to give idea about the immunotherapy in treatment of head and neck cancer and it is a ongoing research.

Keywords: Immunotherapy, Natural killer cells, Human papiloma virus, Chemotherapy.