Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Hypopharyngeal Cancer
Chemotherapy has been shown to be most effective when delivered concurrently with radiation for the patients with advanced stage tumors. We conducted a concurrent chemoradiation using systemic infusion of cisplatin (CDDP) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).Thirty-nine patients with advanced hypopharyngeal cancer received one or two cycles of intravenous ...
Sohei, Endo +7 more
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BackgroundCervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for women worldwide. Different histopathological cervical cancer subtypes (i.e., adenocarcinoma/adenosquamous carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma) are all treated similarly with ...
Guorong Yao +3 more
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Laryngeal Preservation Strategies in Locally Advanced Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancers. [PDF]
For long, the treatment of locoregionally advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell cancers (SCC) consisted of either total laryngectomy (TL) or definitive radiotherapy (RT).
Argiris, Athanassios +1 more
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Prospective, open, multi-centre phase I/II trial to assess safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction [PDF]
Background: This phase I/II-trial assessed the dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT) with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric ...
Arnold, Dirk +12 more
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Treatment utilization and outcomes in elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma: A review of the National Cancer Database [PDF]
For elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer, therapeutic approaches and outcomes in a modern cohort are not well characterized. Patients ≥70 years old with clinical stage II and III esophageal cancer diagnosed between 1998 and 2012 were ...
Bradley, Jeffrey D +10 more
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BackgroundCisplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy is standard of care for locally advanced head and neck cancers (LAHNC). Nedaplatin, lobaplatin and nimotuzumab have shown anti-cancer effect with less gastrointestinal toxicity and nephrotoxicity ...
Qiuji Wu +4 more
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The role of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with resected pancreatic cancer: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: In patients undergoing surgery for resectable pancreatic cancer prognosis still remains poor. The role of adjuvant treatment strategies (including chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy) following resection of pancreatic cancer remains ...
Bakkevold KE +17 more
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Background To determine whether concurrent chemotherapy is necessary during locoregional radiotherapy (RT) after palliative chemotherapy (PCT) in patients with de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (mNPC).
Shuo-Han Zheng +8 more
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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy in adjuvant treatment of breast cancer [PDF]
La secuenciación óptima de la quimioterapia y la radioterapia después de la cirugía de mama se estudió en gran medida, pero sigue siendo controvertida. La quimio-radioterapia concurrente es un método valioso para el tratamiento adyuvante del cáncer de mama que se encuentra bajo un programa de investigación en curso en nuestro hospital.
Nabil Ismaili +15 more
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Little information is available about the usefulness of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced thymic carcinoma due to a rare anterior mediastinal tumor.
Toshirou Fukushima +5 more
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