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- Title
Is There a New Role for Induction Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer?
- Authors
Forastiere, Arlene A.
- Abstract
Editorial. Discusses the application of induction chemotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Enrollment of patients in clinical trials designed to test the effectiveness of adding platinum-based chemotherapy to local treatment modalities of surgery and radiotherapy in improving overall survival; Inability of induction chemotherapy in improving locoregional control; Association between induction chemotherapy in the statistically significant reduction of in the locoregional failure rate only in the subset of patients with inoperable disease.
- Subjects
CANCER chemotherapy; ADJUVANT treatment of cancer; HEAD &; neck cancer treatment; CANCER treatment; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2004, Vol 96, Issue 22, p1647
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djh339