Hyperfractionated radiation combined with chemotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer

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Gottardo, C [1 ]
Landmann, C [1 ]
Lohri, A [1 ]
Wolfensberger, M [1 ]
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[1] Univ Basel, Kantonsspital, HNO Klin, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland
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CURRENT PROBLEMS IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY 21 | 1998年 / 21卷
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From 1992 to 1996 41 patients with advanced head and neck cancer were treated with hyperfractionated radiation combined with chemotherapy. There were no severe complications. Because of toxic side effects the treatment had to be stopped in 3 cases and modified in anonther 10 cases. Overall 4-year survival was 46%. Salvage surgery was necessary in 19 patients. Organ preservation was achieved in half of the surviving patients. Ongoing randomized studies will tell us whether hyperfractionated radiation combined with chemotherapy is indeed superior to other treatment modalities.
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