## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The goal of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of paclitaxel, cisplatin (P), tegafur (T), and leucovorin (L) as a neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT) for patients with advanced, unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. ## METHODS Fro
Final report of RTOG 9610, a multi-institutional trial of reirradiation and chemotherapy for unresectable recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
β Scribed by Sharon A. Spencer; Jonathan Harris; Richard H. Wheeler; Mitchell Machtay; Christopher Schultz; William Spanos; Marvin Rotman; Ruby Meredith; Kie-Kian Ang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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