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

• Effective head and neck cancer management. British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists, Head and Neck Surgeons. Consensus Document 2002.
• Effective Health Care: Management of Head and Neck Cancers. The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd. 2004.
• Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). 2004.
• Head and Neck Cancer – Cetuximab: Final Appraisal Determination. NICE. May 2007.
• Head and Neck Oncology Nursing. Feber, T. Whurr, London. 2000.
• Cancer and Its Management (5th edition). Eds: Robert Souhami and Jeffrey Tobias. Blackwell Publishing. 2005.
• The Oxford Textbook of Oncology (2nd edition). Eds: Robert Souhami, Ian Tannock, Peter Hohenberger, & Jean-Claude Horiot. Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Face to face. Patient, Family and Other Perspectives of Head and Neck Cancer Care. Edwards, D. Kings Fund Publishing, London. 1997.
• Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer. NICE. 2005.
• Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer. Scottish Executive. 2002.

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section.