Establishing an integrated approach to head and neck cancer treatment and prevention: The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center Model
The newly established Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center (HNTC) at Washington University and Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri offers one model for integrated head and neck cancer care. This article presents the HNTC's guiding principles and its goals to achieve excellence in patient-centered head and neck cancer care. The HNTC's objectives include bolstering a multidisciplinary approach to head and neck oncology, enhancing patient experience, promoting patient participation in trials, as well as translating preclinical discoveries into clinical applications. Focusing on five major initiatives, we share the HNTC's approach to clinical excellence, innovative research, and patient outreach and prevention. This tumor center model may provide a framework to improve the comprehensive care of head and neck tumors in diverse patient populations across other institutions.
Authors
- Jessica Ley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-8884)
- Leandra Steinmetz
- Abu-Bakr Elsaid Ramadan
- Sara Kukuljan
- Ryan S. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4626-2324)
- Jason T. Rich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8778-6071)
- Karolina A. Plonowska‐Hirschfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8429-5779)
- Adepitan A. Owosho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-9469)
- S.J.T. Jansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2419-0374)
- Sidharth V. Puram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3543-889X)
- Nikhil Ram-Mohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7761-2772)
- Sana D. Karam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-5967)
- John Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6457-620X)
- Jennifer C. Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2157-7098)
- Salma Ramadan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4107-2337)
- R. Alex Harbison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4695-6142)
- Courtney Wagner
- Patrik Pipkorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-7743)
- Crystal Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6613-5491)
- N. Booth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2499-4535)
- Kelsey Rosenquist
- Karen Hogg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-8192)
- Katherine E. Schwetye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-2764)
- Michael J. Moravan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-766X)
- Craig A. Buchman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-9727)
- Douglas R. Adkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-8227)
- Michael P. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-1020)
- Tim Eberlein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-6281)
- Jennifer De Los Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-8467)
- Kristin Daly
- Paul Zolkind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9475-1686)
- Jesse M. Zaretsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-2648)
- Wade Thorstad
- Daniel Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-9174)
- Kathryn Slane
- Zach Cole
- J. T. Reeves
- Ashley Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8909-063X)
- Peter Oppelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-1762)
- A. Ashok
- Allison Ogden
- Shelby Britt
- Tonya Wibbenmeyer
- Sandra Dimitri
- Kristin Schlueter
- John Monterubio
- Eugenio Herbosa
- Nicholas Branham
- Rebecca Grammer
- T J Apicelli
- Angeleen Peters-Lewis
Institutions
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Jewish Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Oral Oncology
- Published
- 2025-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107591
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Amgen
- Genentech