Platinum-Based Chemotherapy plus Cetuximab in Head and Neck Cancer

B. Vermorken, Jan; Mesı́a, Ricard; Rivera, Fernando; Remenár, Éva; Kawecki, Andrzej; Rottey, Sylvie; Erfán, József; Zabolotnyy, D.; Kienzer, Heinz‐Roland; Cupissol, Didier; Peyrade, Frédéric; Benasso, Marco; Vynnychenko, Ihor; De Raucourt, D.; Bokemeyer, Carsten; Schueler, Armin; Amellal, Nadia; Hitt, Ricardo

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0802656

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Platinum-Based Chemotherapy plus Cetuximab in Head and Neck Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 10, 2008

Authors:

Jan B. Vermorken

Ricard Mesı́a

Fernando Rivera

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cetuximab is effective in platinum-resistant recurrent or metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck. We investigated the efficacy of cetuximab plus platinum-based chemotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of the he...

Subject

Cetuximab

Medicine

Carboplatin

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