| Literature DB >> 25493232 |
Peter Georges1, Kumar Rajagopalan1, Chady Leon1, Priya Singh1, Nadir Ahmad1, Kamyar Nader1, Gregory J Kubicek1.
Abstract
The management of locally advanced unresectable head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) continues to improve. One of the major advances in the treatment of HNSCC was the addition of chemotherapy to radiation in the treatment of non-surgical patients. The majority of the data regarding chemotherapy in HNSCC involve cisplatin chemotherapy with concurrent radiation. However, several new approaches have included targeted therapy against epidermal growth factor receptor and several recent studies have explored the role of induction chemotherapy in the treatment of HNSCC. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the role of chemotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced HNSCC.Entities:
Keywords: Chemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Induction
Year: 2014 PMID: 25493232 PMCID: PMC4259956 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i5.966
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Clin Oncol ISSN: 2218-4333