Randomized Trial of Radiation Therapy Versus Concomitant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Advanced-Stage Oropharynx Carcinoma

Calais, G.; Alfonsi, M.; Bardet, É.; Sire, C.; Germain, T.; Bergerot, Philippe; Rhein, B.; Tortochaux, J.; Oudinot, P.; B. Bertrand, Philippe

doi:10.1093/jnci/91.24.2081

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Randomized Trial of Radiation Therapy Versus Concomitant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Advanced-Stage Oropharynx Carcinoma

Published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute • Dec 15, 1999

Authors:

G. Calais

M. Alfonsi

É. Bardet

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We designed a randomized clinical trial to test whether the addition of three cycles of chemotherapy during standard radiation therapy would improve disease-free survival in patients with stages III and IV (i.e., advanced oropharynx carcinoma). METHODS: A total of 226 patients have been ...

Subject

Medicine

Radiation therapy

Mucositis

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