Outcomes of Induction Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Jinhua Chen; Yu‐Chun Yen; Shing‐Hwa Liu; Sheng-Po Yuan; Lili Wu; Fei‐Peng Lee; Kuan‐Chou Lin; Ming‐Tang Lai · 2016 · Medicine
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Abstract
The use of induction chemotherapy (CT) is controversial. We compared the survival of head and neck cancer patients receiving docetaxel- or platinum-based induction CT before concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) with the survival of those receiving upfront CCRT alone. Data from the National Health Insurance and cancer registry databases in Taiwan were linked and analyzed. We enrolled patients who had head and neck cancer between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2011. Follow-up was from the index date to December 31, 2013. We included head and neck patients diagnosed according to the Internation
Abstract by Jinhua Chen; Yu‐Chun Yen; Shing‐Hwa Liu; Sheng-Po Yuan; Lili Wu; Fei‐Peng Lee; Kuan‐Chou Lin; Ming‐Tang Lai, Medicine (2016) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1097/md.0000000000002845