Early clinical trials demonstrated that treatment-naıve patients with locally advanced head
and neck cancer had a high response rate to systemic chemotherapy. In 1982, investigators …

Head and neck cancers affect more than 40,000 patients per year in the United States (1).
As a result of their location, these tumors can cause varying degrees of functional and …

Since its foundation in 1971, the RTOG has conducted a successful clinical research
program in head and neck mucosal squamous cell carcinoma with 22 treatment protocols …

Treatment of head and neck cancer with curative intent consists of surgery and/or
radiotherapy (RT) sometimes combined with adjuvant chemotherapy depending on the …

• Cisplatin (cis-platinum, 100 mg/m 2) and fluorouracil (1000 mg m 2 d), for 120 hours'
infusion every three weeks for three courses, produced a 93% overall response rate and a …

Current thoughts on the role of chemotherapy and radiation i... : Current Opinion in
Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Current thoughts on the role of chemotherapy …

Radiation therapy is an effective modality for curative treatment with organ preservation,
palliative treatment for pain control and combined/prophylactic treatment for local-regional …

Historically, cancers of the oral cavity have been managed surgically. Radiotherapy has
emerged during the past two decades as a viable treatment modality either alone or in …

Advances in radiotherapy of head and neck cancers : Current Opinion in Oncology Advances
in radiotherapy of head and neck cancers : Current Opinion in Oncology Log in or Register …

Abstract From March 1983 to December 1989, 208 patients with locally advanced squamous
cell carcinoma of the head and neck were successively included into two randomized …