Simultaneous radiochemotherapy in the treatment of inoperable, locally advanced head and neck cancers.
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| ID: sea-88291
ABSTRACT
The results of radiation therapy alone in locally advanced head and neck cancers are dismal with 5 year locoregional control rates not exceeding 15%. The addition of concomitant chemotherapy with cisplatin and more recently carboplatin has shown promising results. Twenty patients of inoperable stage III and IV oral or oropharyngeal cancers were treated with concomitant chemoradiation with carboplatin 300 mg/m2 i.v. on days 1, 21 and 42 of radiation therapy. Twelve (60%) patients had a complete remission. Thirteen patients were alive at a median follow up of 11 months. The treatment was well tolerated with only 2 patients requiring treatment interruptions for mucositis. Longer follow up would reveal any improvement in overall survival. The relative ease with which carboplatin/RT was administered suggests that other agents might be added as well.
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Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Mouth Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
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Survival Rate
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Carboplatin
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Cisplatin
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Combined Modality Therapy
Language:
English
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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