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Malpractice in Head &Neck cancer: a comprehensive medico-legal review. Pathologica 2025;117:67-72 . [https://doi](https://doi). org/10.32074/1591-951X-1001  \n© Copyright by Società Italiana di Anatomia Patologica e Citopatologia Diagnostica, Divisione Italiana della International Academy of Pathology  \n OPEN ACCESS  \nThis is an open access journal distributed in accordance with the CC-BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) license: the work can be used by mentioning the author and the license, but only for non-commercial purposes and only in the original version. For further information: [https://creativecommons](https://creativecommons). org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en  \nReview  \nMalpractice in head and neck cancer: a comprehensive medico-legal review  \nEmanuele Capasso1 , Claudia Casella1 , Mariagrazia Marisei1 , Marco Macculi1 , Ilenia Bianchi2 , Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo1  \n1 Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2 Laboratory of Personal Identification and Forensic Morphology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy  \nSummary  \nHead and neck (H&N) malignancies include a broad spectrum of clinical presentationsand outcomes. Sources of risks, errors and mistakes are intrinsic to every therapeuticaldiagnostic step leading to potential burden of malpractice allegations and threaten delivery of healthcare. The purpose of this review is to report key factors of malpractice litigation H&N neoplasms, analyzing its ethical-deontological and medico-legal aspects with a focus on Italian law. PubMed and Scopus databases were accessed to assess existing cases of oncological H&N malpractice. Twelve articles were identified according to search criteria in the selected period (2000-2024) . Inclusion criteria lead to 6 articles pertaining to analysis of allegations of malpractice in H&N tumors. Diagnostic delay and informed consent issues are the most represented allegations. Poor access and lack of standardization in legal databases is commonly seen as a factor that holds back a thorough litigation analysis. This review adds evidence about common features of medical malpractice allegations through a medico-legal perspective that may help in adopting preventive strategies to mitigate risksand enhance patient safety. Combining data deriving from different studies, the paper contributes to understand the evolution of the trajectory of malpractice in this field.  \nKey words: medical malpractice, medico-legal issues, head and neck cancer  \nIntroduction  \nThe hеаd and nеck (H&N) region includes the upper aerodigestive tract (oral cavity, nose, paranasal ѕinuѕеѕ, pharynx, larynx, сеrviсаl esophagus), thyroid, associated lymph nodes, ears, soft tissues, and odontogenicand maxillofacial bone. The different tissues in this anatomic region give rise to a broad spectrum of neoplasms with differing morphologies, molecular alterations, risk factors, and treatment options1,2 . The most common mаlignanсу of the H&N (over 90%) is squamous cell cаrcinоmа (ЅCC), which is the sixth most common neoplasm worldwide 3.  \nTypically diagnosed in older patients in association with heavy use of tobacco and alcohol, H&N cancers are slowly declining globally, in part because of decreased use of tobacco 4,5 . Conversely, cases of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer, induced primarily by HPV type 16, are increasing, predominantly among younger people in North America and northern Europe, reflecting a latency of 10 to 30 years after oral-sex exposure 6,7 . 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