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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Head and Neck Tumors</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Head and Neck Tumors</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Опухоли головы и шеи</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2222-1468</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-4634</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Publishing House ABV Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1135</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17650/2222-1468-2025-15-4-125-138</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CASE REPORT</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КЛИНИЧЕСКИЙ СЛУЧАЙ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Combined immunotargeted therapy as an effective treatment of platinoresistent recurrent / metastatic squamous cell head and neck cancer</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Возможности комбинированной иммунотаргетной терапии в лечении платинорефрактерного рецидивирующего / метастатического плоскоклеточного рака головы и шеи</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-3857</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mudunov</surname><given-names>A. M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мудунов</surname><given-names>А. М.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>mbpak@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4546-0011</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pak</surname><given-names>M. B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пак</surname><given-names>М. Б.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>mbpak@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-3328</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Khabazovа</surname><given-names>A. M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хабазова</surname><given-names>А. М.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>mbpak@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Clinical Hospital “Lapino” of the “Mother and Child” Group of companies</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Клинический госпиталь «Лапино» группы компаний «Мать и дитя»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГАОУ ВО Первый МГМУ им. И. М. Сеченова Минздрава России (Сеченовский Университет)</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Specialized Medical Center of the Bank of Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Многопрофильный медицинский центр Банка России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-18" publication-format="electronic"><day>18</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>125</fpage><lpage>138</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-13"><day>13</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-03-13"><day>13</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Mudunov A.M., Pak M.B., Khabazovа A.M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Мудунов А.М., Пак М.Б., Хабазова А.М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Mudunov A.M., Pak M.B., Khabazovа A.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Мудунов А.М., Пак М.Б., Хабазова А.М.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ogsh.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/1135">https://ogsh.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/1135</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma remains a global oncological problem. This pathology is the 7<sup>th</sup> most common oncological disease in the world. According to the Cancer Statistics 2024 global registry, more than 900,000 new cases of this disease and approximately 450,000 associated deaths are registered annually which highlights tumor aggressiveness and treatment difficulty. Despite the successes in diagnosis of malignant tumors, in more than 80 % of patients head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is diagnosed at stages III–IV because of non-specific disease symptoms at stages I–II. Traditional treatment methods (surgical intervention, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy) often allow to achieve complete recovery in patients with early-stage disease. However, in the majority of tumor recurrences, efficacy of these approaches is limited, and their use is associated with significant adverse events. Considering the high rate of progression of recurrence platinum-refractory head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after standard antitumor regimens, the search for new, more effective approaches to treatment remain necessary.</p> <p>The article presents our own clinical experience of successful treatment of patients with recurrent platinum-refractory head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using combination immunotherapy and targeted therapy with cetuximab and anti-PD-1 inhibitor (PD-1 – programmed cell death receptor 1).</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Лечение плоскоклеточного рака головы и шеи остается глобальной проблемой онкологии. Эта патология и занимает 7-е место по распространенности в мире. По данным глобального канцер-регистра Cancer Statistics 2024, ежегодно регистрируют более 900 тыс. новых случаев этого заболевания и около 450 тыс. смертей, связанных с ним, что подчеркивает высокую агрессивность опухоли и трудности в лечении. Несмотря на достижения в диагностике злокачественных опухолей, по-прежнему более чем у 80 % больных по всему миру плосклеточный рак головы и шеи выявляют на III–IV стадии, что связано с неспецифическими симптомами заболевания на I–II стадии. Традиционные методы лечения (хирургическое вмешательство, лучевая терапия и химиотерапия) нередко позволяют добиться полного излечения пациентов с заболеванием ранних стадий. Однако в большинстве случаев при рецидивах опухолевого процесса эффективность таких подходов ограничена и их применение сопряжено со значительными побочными эффектами. С учетом высокой частоты прогрессирования рецидивирующего платинорефрактерного плоскоклеточного рака головы и шеи на фоне стандартных схем противоопухолевой терапии сохраняется необходимость в поиске новых, более эффективных подходов к лечению данной патологии.</p> <p>В статье представлен собственный клинический опыт успешного лечения пациентов с рецидивирующим платинорефрактерным плоскоклеточным раком головы и шеи с использованием комбинированной иммунотаргетной терапией цетуксимабом и анти-PD-1-ингибитором (PD-1 – рецептор программируемой клеточной гибели 1).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>head and neck squamous cell carcinoma</kwd><kwd>immunotherapy</kwd><kwd>targeted therapy</kwd><kwd>combination immunotherapy and targeted therapy</kwd><kwd>epidermal growth factor</kwd><kwd>epidermal growth factor receptor</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>плоскоклеточный рак головы и шеи</kwd><kwd>иммуннотерапия</kwd><kwd>таргетная терапия</kwd><kwd>комбинированная иммунотаргетная терапия</kwd><kwd>эпидермальный фактор роста</kwd><kwd>рецептор эпидермального фактора роста</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Bray F., Laversanne M., Sung H. et al. 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