The adjuvant treatment of inoperable stage III and IV epidermoid carcinoma of the head and neck with platinum and bleomycin infusions prior to definitive radiotherapy: An RTOG pilot study

Combination of cis-platinum and bleomyci

Combination of cis-platinum and bleomycin prior to surgery and/or radiotherapy compared with radiotherapy alone for the treatment of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

✍ Joseph L. Pennacchio; Waun Ki Hong; Stanley Shapshay; Thomas Gillis; Charles Vau 📂 Article 📅 1982 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 621 KB

Forty-one patients with unresectable Stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were treated with combined modality therapy (CM) consisting of induction chemotherapy followed by surgery and/ or radiotherapy (RT). Treatment and survival results are reported and compared to results obtained in tre