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Table 1 Published guidelines on FU intervals

From: DeintensiF: Standard versus individualized deintensified follow-up after curative treatment in head and neck cancer: protocol of a randomized pilot study

Period

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

 > 5 years

Guidelines

ASHNS (ASHNS, 1999) [15]

1–3

2–4

3–6

4–6

4–6

12

BAHNO (BAHNO, 2001) [16]

1–1.5

1–1.5

3

6

6

12

DCHNO (DCHNO, 2002) [17]

2

3

4

6

6

Lester and Wight, 2009 [18]

1

2

3

4

6

12

Digonnet et al., 2013 [12]

2–3

2–3

3–6

3–6

6

12

AIMO/AIRO (AIMO/AIRO, 2016) [19, 20]

1–3

3

3–6

6

6

12

FOS (FOS, 2016) [21]

2

3

4

6

6

12

SSORL (SSORL, 2019) [22]

1–3

1–3

4–6

4–6

4–6

(12)

EHNS/ESMO/ESTRO (EHNS/ESMO/ESTRO, 2020) [23]

2–3

2–3

6

6

6

12

NCCN (NCCN, 2024) [24]

1–3

2–6

4–8

4–8

4–8

12

  1. Suggested interval of FU visits in months by selected authors and national committees
  2. AIMO Associazione Italiana Oncologia Medica, AIRO Associazione Italiana Radioterapia Oncologica, ASHNS American Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, BAHNO British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists, DCHNO Dutch Cooperative Head and Neck Oncology Group, EHNS European Head and Neck Society, ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology, ESTRO European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, FOS French ORL Society, NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network, SSORL Swiss Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery