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Official Title: Testing The Addition Of Chemotherapy Drug, Cisplatin, To Usual Radiation Therapy For Patients With Head And Neck Cancer

Study Purpose: To compare two treatment approaches currently used after surgery for head and neck cancer. One approach is to administer radiation therapy alone.  A second approach is to administer radiation therapy along with the chemotherapy drug, cisplatin.

Status: Recruiting

Official Title: Testing What Happens When An Immunotherapy Drug (Pembrolizumab) Is Added To Radiation Or Given By Itself Compared To The Usual Treatment Of Chemotherapy With Radiation After You Have Had Surgery For Your Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Head And Neck

Study Purpose: To compare usual approach (chemotherapy plus radiation) to pembrolizumab alone and pembrolizumab in combination with radiation after having head and neck cancer surgically removed.

Status: Recruiting

Official Title: De-escalation Protocol of HPV Mediated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Based on the American Joint Committee on Cancer Care (AJCC) 8th Edition Staging Manual

Study Purpose: HPV positive head and neck cancer has been shown to respond very well to treatment and, as a result, the head and neck cancer staging system was updated to better reflect how HPV cancers respond to treatment.  The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of treating patients with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) positive head and neck cancer with less treatment based on the updated head and neck cancer staging system.

Status: Recruiting

Official Title: Randomized Phase II and Phase III Studies of Individualized Treatment for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Based on Biomarker Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Study Purpose: To compare the standard treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer with the drug combination gemcitabine and paclitaxel.  This is also testing if directing treatment using a blood test to look for the Epstien Bar Virus will result in patients doing better and not needing as much treatment.

Status: Recruiting

Official Title: Randomized Phase II/III Trial of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Versus Elective Neck Dissection for Early-Stage Oral Cavity CancerRandomized Phase II/III Trial of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Versus Elective Neck Dissection for Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer

Study Purpose: To see if neck and shoulder function and pain are better after SLN biopsy surgery compared to the usual approach and to see if SLN biopsy surgery is as good as the usual approach in extending your time without cancer.

Status: Recruiting